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Endangered Species: What and Where? Lesson PlanEndangered Species: What and Where? Lesson Plan
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National Wildlife Federation
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Endangered Species: What and Where?

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What do endangered species have in common with non-endangered species? Given an endangered species to read about, individuals choose another species that is not endangered to compare it to. As a class, they create a species book with the new species and their characteristics.

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Concepts

endangered species, habitats, wildlife conservation

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Have pupils create Venn diagrams that compare and contrast their endangered species with their non-endangered species

Classroom Considerations

  • If using with early elementary, teachers need to support the reading and writing requirements
  • Requires the use of Keep Wildlife Alive species cards found here: KWA Cards

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  • Provides recommendations for modifying for different grade levels
  • Uses infographics to communicate data to young learners

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