Curated OER
Journey North 1999
This is not a lesson plan, but an outstanding resource to provide material for your lessons on seasonal changes and animal migration. Links connect you to live web cams and up-to-date information on Monarch Butterflies, hummingbirds,...
Curated OER
Migration: A Dangerous Journey
Fourth graders pretend as if they're a whooping crane flying north for its migration. They write questions and predictions about what they are doing and what happen.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Cranes
This site gives an in-depth description of a crane, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Join teachers and students all over the country in observing the migratory patterns of birds and butterflies and the growth changes of plants as the climate changes. "Journey North" offers a wealth of resources to use as you investigate...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: The Migrating Whooping Crane
Learn some facts about whooping cranes in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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US Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered Species Coloring Book [Pdf]
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service presents The Endangered Species Coloring Book. A PDF file filled with pictures and descriptions of eight endangered plant and animals.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Species With Status: Special Concern
Species of special concern are species for whom some issue is suspected, either in abundance or distribution, but not yet proven. Its main purpose is to bring attention to species of concern before they become threatened or endangered....
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Threatened and Endangered
This site provides detailed descriptions and factual information on Wisconsin's Threatened and Endangered animals and plants.
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Hinterland Who's Who: Whooping Crane
Canadian Wildlife site features the Whooping Crane. Highlights its habitats and habits, range, feeding and breeding characteristics.
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Whooping Cranes
Although the whooping crane has survived for 3.5 million years, it has become endangered in the last few hundred due to human activities. At its lowest, there were only 15 on the whole planet. The number now stands at several hundred in...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Whooping Crane
Look inside the lives of the beautiful whooping cranes. Learn about their characteristics, nesting behaviors, feeding, and the popular Ultralight-Led fall migration.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Whooping Cranes
Track the migration of whooping cranes, once on the verge of extinction. Follow new crane chicks from their hatching to the day they complete their first fall migration at 5 to 6 months of age.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Whooping Crane O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the whooping crane.
Read Works
Read Works: Whoop It Up!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about s scientist who work to teach cranes to migrate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Whooping Crane
Cool facts, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are topics delved into on this detailed site. In addition, the sounds made by this species are included on this site.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Dr. George Archibald Receives Award
George Archibald may be singlehandedly responsible for the survival of the whooping crane. He pioneered revolutionary techniques for helping cranes to survive while in the care of humans, such as having caregivers wear crane costumes. He...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Whooping Crane
Briefly described are the Whooping Crane's characteristics, habitat, food and migration patterns. Included are five photographs, including one that illustrates its towering height.
Other
Audubon Nature Institute: Whooping Cranes
Meet the whooping crane to discover details about its behavior, eating habits, range, conservation status, and other unique facts.
Curated OER
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Whooping Crane
Cool facts, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are topics delved into on this detailed site. In addition, the sounds made by this species are included on this site.
Curated OER
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Whooping Crane
Cool facts, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are topics delved into on this detailed site. In addition, the sounds made by this species are included on this site.
Curated OER
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Whooping Crane
Cool facts, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are topics delved into on this detailed site. In addition, the sounds made by this species are included on this site.