PPT
Curated OER

Tigers: An Endangered Species

For Students 2nd - 7th
Facts about tigers are packed into a PowerPoint presentation about tigers. The presentation includes great photographs and accompanying text regarding the habitats, diet, lifespan, and physical attributes of tigers. Very interesting!
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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,...
PPT
Curated OER

Science Types of Animals and Their Traits

For Teachers 3rd
Expose your students to the wonders of scientific vocabulary with this resource. Each slide contains a word and definition related to animal types and traits, concept vocabulary covered includes, traits, animal types, threatened,...
Activity
NOAA

Endangered Species Origami

For Students 3rd - 5th
Make sea turtle or whale origami in a hands-on activity that provides instructions for folding and facts for learning about each.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Endangered Species - Can We Help Them Survive?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, select an animal that has been identified as endangered and then identify its characteristics. They discuss why the animal has become endangered, evaluate adaptations for its survival and include an illustration.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Have All the Endangered Gone?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore animals that are endangered. They choose an endangered animal that they would like to keep from becoming extinct. Students create a persuasive presentation to persuade someone to understand why they feel keeping...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Endangered Species

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate endangered species. In this animal science lesson, students identify endangered animals and use the Productive Thinking Model to come up with a solution to the problem. Students present various solutions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students decide which of a group of animals should take priority over others for survival. They listen to a story of endangered animals and in groups or pairs complete a worksheet to save three of the animals on the worksheet as the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Characteristics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the characteristics of animals by creating a chart. In this animal life lesson, students create a KWL chart listing all the different animals a class can name. Students take a field trip to a science facility to get...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Slideshow

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view animal fact sheets, and make a slide about an animal.  In this animal classification lesson, 2nd graders list facts that help classify the animal. Students use Microsoft paint and color their animal. Students use...
App
World Wildlife Fund

WWF Together

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Animal lovers will enjoy this award-winning picturesque app which educates children and adults about the threats of endangered species.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life on the Edge

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a variety of activities about endangered animals. They read books, watch videos, and, in pairs, choose an endangered animal to research. They create a 2 slide presentation to be compiled into a class slide show.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Describing Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
While a short review of animals and their classifications, this could be useful when discussing this topic in the classroom. There is a list of questions at the end to help review the main ideas. Reptiles, amphibians, and mammals are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Protect the Primates

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make posters about saving the primates. For this primates lesson plan, students discuss primates and environmental changes and make posters with pictures about saving primates.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vanishing Rainforests: How can We Save Them?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars focus in on the Amazon Rain forest. They research about various plants and animals that exist in our rain forests. Students develop knowledge of resources that come from our rain forests. They analyze the cause/effect of...
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Crane (Gruidae)

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry describes the long-beaked Crane along with providing details about its habitat, physical characteristics, diet, breeding, and status as an endangered animal.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Crested Penguin (Eudyptes Robustus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry describes the Crested Penguin along with providing details about its habitat, diet, breeding, status as an endangered animal, and other facts.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and read statistics and facts about Alligators, including where they live, their appearance, diet, behaviour, breeding habits, and status as an endangered species.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore images and facts about the Asian Elephant, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, breeding, and status as an endangered species.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Bactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry offers a discussion of the history, appearance, habitat, behavior, and status as an endangered species of the double-humped Bactrian Camel, with statistics.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Butterfly Fish (Chaetodontidae)

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry describes the Butterfly Fish along with providing details about their habitat, physical characteristics, status as an endangered species, and breeding.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Chameleon (Chamaeleonidae)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and read facts about Chameleons, including where they live, their appearance, diet, breeding habits, and status as an endangered species.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Coral (Anthozoa)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief description and images of coral with information on its habit, diet, and status as an endangered species.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus Oedipus)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and read statistics and facts about the Cottontop Tamarin, including where they live, their appearance, diet, behaviour, breeding habits, and status as an endangered species.