Web of Life - Endangered Species

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.

There are currently thousands of species around the world whose survival is in serious danger. This lesson allows young conservationists to explore this global issue by classifying at-risk animals by the various factors threatening their...

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, they...

Students locate regions in Hawaii where specific endangered animals live. They describe habitats, identify reasons why the species has become endangered, consider how a healthy environment for wildlife contributes to a healthy...

Students understand the importance of saving endangered species. For this endangered species lesson, students choose an endangered species and create a fund raising project to help save their chosen animal. Students create posters and...

Students define the following words: extinction, endangered species, meteorite collision, glaciation and climate warming. They investigate that there are 307 species on the endangered list, and an average of 10-20 species are added each...

Students, after reading and discussing a science research prompt, gather information about a particular endangered species and present findings to the class, by completing a research workbook and making a realistic sketch of the animal.

Learners create a food web game similar to Web of Life. They locate a large area, gather some labels for herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, one label for man, and another for plant and several large balls of wool or yarn in different...

Students explore the concepts of endangered and extinct animals. In this animal protection instructional activity, students discuss and define the words endangered, extinct, and habitat. Students share why they think it is important to...

Fourth graders investigate endangered species to discover reasons for the extinction. Resources are examined to determine preventive measures for the endangerment. The unit contains four lessons.