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Save an Endangered Species

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Have your young learners work in pairs to find and research an endangered species. They use research to develop ideas about saving their animal from extinction. Pairs develop a three-dimensional model of the animal's habitat. Then,...
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In Danger of Extinction

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What happens when a species becomes extinct? Sharpen your reading skills with a passage about how koalas have gotten close to being an endangered species.
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Habitat Destruction

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What happens when an animal becomes endangered or extinct? Explore the ways that human influence throughout the environment has threatened the existence of other species with a reading passage. After reading the paragraphs, kids answer...
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Endangered Species

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Your learners have likely heard about animals going extinct. By reading this passage, they can find out some reasons why this happens and how to protect endangered species. After reading, individuals respond to five related questions.
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Endangered!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research endangered species.  In this ecology and literacy research activity, students work with a partner to research an endangered species of their choice. Students choose from a variety of presentation methods and...
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Endangered Species... It's Not Too Late

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose an endangered species to research and report on. In this endangered species lesson, students complete a worksheet to gather information about their endangered animal and then use to write a book about the animal and...
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Animals: Endangered Species

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL activity worksheet, learners take endangered animals into consideration as they read a paragraph and find its text in the word maze.
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Endangered Species of Utah

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research and report on an endangered Utah species.
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Postcards from the Edge: Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to identify the endangered species in their state. Using this information, they create a postcard with a picture of the animal along with facts. They discuss the main reasons to protect the endangered species...
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Endangered Species Word Unscramble and Sentence Writing

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this endangered species word scramble worksheet, students unscramble 10 words that are associated with endangered species to complete a table at the top of the page. They use a number of the words to write sentences on the blank lines...
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Return Of The Living Dead

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research endangered animal species that have 'beaten the odds' as they continue to survive longer than scientists had expected. They write individual pages for a class book about endangered species.
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Wild Wildlife

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess how people both support and refute actions that lead to the extinction of animals. They examine how the wild tiger population has grown from near-extinction due to conservation efforts. They investigate an animal species...
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Endangered Species

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science instructional activity, students research and discuss twenty key terms/areas/animals associated with being connected to endangered species and then locate and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Take a Technology Trek with Endangered Animals

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify endangered animals and research reasons why these animals may be going extinct. Using the internet, reference books and reference CDs, students explore an animal of their choice and write a report about the endangered...
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Countdown Calendar

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a calendar of endangered species. In this preservation lesson, students research endangered species of plants and animals around the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students gather facts about the endangered species and create...
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African Wildlife

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the wildlife of Africa. In this animal science lesson, students view the video "National Geographic's African Wildlife" and visit websites to research additional information on the wildlife of Africa. Students...
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Animal Reports

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders choose an animal to research and write a report about. They determine the animals' habitat, animal classification, whether it is endangered or extinct, and the type of food it eats. Also, they add any special...
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Breaking News English: Internet Trade Threatens Exotic Animals

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Internet Trade Threatens Exotic Animals," and then respond to 1 role playing, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...
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Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the issue of species endangerment by exploring threatened animals, their habitats, and the environmental challenges associated with them. They explore the relationships between living things and their environment....
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Wild Dog Debate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in a mock conference addressing the possible extinction of African wild dogs. In this wild dogs lesson plan, students state their arguments and ask questions about the issues they have researched.
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Sato and the Elephants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a persuasive letter to the government of an African country that has elephants as a resource. Students research and debate the pros and cons of ivory use. Students identify the value of ivory products versus the lives of...
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Turtle and Tortoise Preschool Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
One of the best parts about teaching the littlest learners is that you can create thematic lessons that use one topic to address every subject. Here is a nice set of thematic teaching ideas that uses turtles and tortoises to teach...
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Animal Behavior Word Search

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animal behaviors word puzzle worksheet, students examine the 16 adjectives and names in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.
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Animal Behavior: Conditional If

For Students 5th - 8th
In this conditional if practice worksheet, learners use the conditional if in 10 sentences that define the 10 animal behavior terms listed.