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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Mountain Gorillas

For Students 3rd - 8th
A nice multi-media National Geographic site with video and audio clips about mountain gorillas. Fun facts about the gorillas include information ideal for research projects.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wolong's Pandas

For Students 9th - 10th
Wild pandas are treated at the Wolong Conservation Center in this video segment from Nature.
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Other

Nsw Dept. Of Ed.: "One World" [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Reading unit plan about endangered animals from the New South Wales, Australia, Department of Education and Training entitled "One World" (Forty-four page PDF file). It contains ten days worth of teaching suggestions that use a variety...
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Read Works

Read Works: Classify and Categorize 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-instructional activity unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to categorize information to answer research questions and then to organization that information into...
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Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about seals, sea lions and walruses. Find out the status of different species on the endangered list and the major factors of these declines.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: News Flash!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
This activity illustrates the interrelationship between science and engineering in the context of extinction prevention. There are two parts to the activity. The first part challenges students to think like scientists as they generate...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Extinction: Is It Inevitable?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars read the article "The Sixth Extinction" by Niles Eldredge on past mass extinctions and the current rate of loss of species. There is a choice of student activities which includes having students respond to discussion and...
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Bagheera

Bagheera.com: Spotlight in the Wild

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page is part of a larger site that focuses on endangered animals and conservation efforts. This page has several topics that are all relevant like the endangered species act, mass extinction, and the bald eagle.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Connect the Dots With Science

For Students 3rd - 5th
Connect-the-dots science pages providing useful and helpful information regarding pollinators, endangered species, and invasive species. [PDF] Links to other handy tools, including coloring pages, trivia, stories, games and fun projects.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Environmental Education for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides illustrations, descriptions, and species of amphibians, birds, fish, insects, invertebrates, mammals, reptiles, and endangered species.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Habitat Loss Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this role playing game, students become members of a forest ecosystem to illustrate the challenges facing endangered species, the environment, and economic interests.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Principles, Structure, & Implementation of International Environmental Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This module introduces the fundamental norms and institutions that comprise international environmental law and then focuses on six specific topics: air pollution and protection of the atmosphere, hazardous waste, endangered species,...
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Handout
Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Daddy Long Legs

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the difference between harvestmen and spiders in the arachnid family. Read about the diet, characteristics, and status as an endangered species.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This link will place at your fingertips all kinds of resources for your science unit pertaining to animals such as birds, bugs, dinosaurs, endangered species, fish, mammals and reptiles.
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Article
US Fish and Wildlife Service

U.s. Fish & Wildlife Service: Listing of the Alabama Sturgeon [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th
Read about the decision to list the Alabama sturgeon as an endangered species primarily due to its low population numbers and subsequent lack of ability to sustain itself through natural reproduction.
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Nature Canada

Nature Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Nature Canada provides good information on many environmental issues affecting Canada. There are complete sections devoted to bird conservation, wilderness protection, endangered species and national parks.
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Handout
Bagheera

Bagheera.com: Golden Cheeked Warbler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site as a whole is focused on conservation and information about threatened and endangered animals. This page covers the Golden-Cheeked Warbler and the causes of endangerment and what is being done to prevent extinction.
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Handout
Bagheera

Bagheera: Aye Aye

For Students 9th - 10th
Takes a look at the fact file of the endangered species, Aye-Aye.
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Other

Nature Serve: A Network Connecting Science With Conservation

For Students 9th - 10th
A network of information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. The goal is to provide the scientific basis for conservation action. Also includes an online database of information on the plants, animals, and...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Animal Cloning, Old Mac Donald's Farm Changed

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look into the potential benefits to animal cloning. This process could provide us with food designed to help fight disease, protect endangered species, enhance livestock, and create opportunity for biomedical research.
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Handout
Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Woodland Caribou

For Students 9th - 10th
Woodland caribou are found all over Canada, except for the Maritimes where the population has disappeared. It is an endangered species in several areas of Canada. Detailed information about this species and the efforts being made to...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Endangered Ecosystems: Build a Food Web

For Students 3rd - 5th
Investigate some animals and see where they are in the food web. Build your own food web and relate it to the endangered species biomes.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Piping Plover

For Students 9th - 10th
The piping plover is on the list of endangered species, largely due to loss of its beach habitat. Here are some facts about this bird along with drawings and photos.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Sanctuary for Fast Cats

For Students 9th - 10th
The number of cheetahs in the African wilderness has dwindled dramatically in the last 20 years. Find out what is being done in the United States to ensure the survival of this species.

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