National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures: City Life for Wildlife
Colorful and engaging resources for learning about urban-dwelling wildlife. There is a 4-page guide to urban animals and a multiple-choice quiz. Visit the Teachers' Lounge area to find resources for teaching about this topic, including...
![Project Wild: Wildlife Is Everywhere! [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://d15y2dacu3jp90.cloudfront.net/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/FPO-knovation.png "Project Wild: Wildlife Is Everywhere! [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Other
Project Wild: Wildlife Is Everywhere! [Pdf]
Teach students to be more aware of the wildlife in their surroundings, inside or outside. Includes lesson, extension activities, and evaluation ideas.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: City Dwellers
What kind of animals live in the city? What comes to mind? Isn't the city a strange place for animals to live? What does "synanthropization" mean? Find answers to these questions in printout form that you can color and keep.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild in the City
Learn about how wild parakeets have adapted to city life in this WILD TV video segment.
PBS
Idaho Ptv: Dialogue for Kids: Urban Wildlife
A collection of facts and links on the topic of urban wildlife. The facts cover the types of animals in an urban area, urban habitats, what they eat, large wildlife, and how to get along with and enjoy urban wildlife. Includes a reading...
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Bright Lights, Bird City
Birds of prey--raptors--are increasingly making urban areas their own. Here is an interesting look at a change of habitat for these magnificent birds.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Survival by Handout?
Endangered species are often elusive and human sightings of the animals can be rare. The San Joaquin kit fox, however, listed as endangered since 1967 has learned to survive in urban and suburban areas.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Abundant Plants, Abundant Wildlife
See how increasing the area covered by plants in a yard or community has many benefits for humans and wildlife.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Network Focal City: Philadelphia, Pa
The Habitat Network focuses on the city of Philadelphia. As it grows, it puts tremendous pressure on natural resources, essentially increasing the importance of protecting and restoring them.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat
This comprehensive resource provides information on how to set up a back yard garden. Providing food, water, cover, a place to raise young, and sustaining your garden are the topics discussed.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: In the City
Learn how to create a backyard habitat in an urban setting.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Network Focal City: Washington d.c.
See how this Northeastern city's habitat has developed and changed throughout its history.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Network Focal City: Boston, Ma.
See how this coastal city's habitat has developed and changed throughout its history.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Interactive Map: Manhattan in 1609: Dutch New York
Explore Dutch New York through this historical interactive map and learn what wildlife, landscape, and people lived there in 1609 compared with today. Click on 'Interactives' for additional resources, e.g., a 1626 letter from Peter...
Other
Woodland Trust: Nature Detectives
Become a nature detective when you join the wildlife club. There are an abundance of activities to do, fun things to create, games and puzzles to play, and much more all designed to help you become a nature expert.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Native Grasses for Your Native Lawn
Find out how to use native grasses to increase wildlife diversity in a backyard.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: New York Swing: Design Challenge
Find out how to transform a common-style backyard area to include plants that will invite wildlife like songbirds, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: At a School
Get some help planning a wildlife-friendly outdoor area at school.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Shrubby Areas
Find out how to foster diversity in wildlife by providing the right type of vegetation for shrubby areas.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Container Gardens
Learn how to maximize the wildlife in a small space by planting a container garden.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Urban Areas
Find out how urban ecosystems sustain plant life and wildlife.
Michigan Reach Out
Twin Cities Public Television: Antarctica I
After learning why scientists go to Antarctica, students plan and go on an expedition of an "unexplored" territory themselves. Planning guide for the expedition is included.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sci Girls: Creature Feature
Help Izzie search for creatures in the park and city for her movie.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: The Birds I'll See
Which birds might you see in your yard or park and which ones are likely not there? Includes audio narration in 18 additional languages with text in English.