Endangered Species
This section includes resources and activities related to endangered species.
Climate Change and the Arctic - Video
Description: This video from the National Park describes how climate change is affecting the arctic landscape and parts such as Gates of the Arctic.
Crabs of Christmas Island Text Structure Reading Comprehension
Description: This reading comprehension exercise requires students to identify the text structures in four crab-themed paragraphs: compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequential, and problem-solution.
Asia (India's Bengal Tiger) Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Bengal Tiger Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 150 words; LEXILE = 810
Bengal Tiger Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH = 150 words; LEXILE = 810
Eastern Barred Bandicoot Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a detailed passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Endangered Species Around the World - Informational Coloring
Description: This beautiful printout requires students to color the heads of nine endangered species, cut them out, and paste them on the continents in which they occur.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 370 Words; LEXILE: 810
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 370 Words; LEXILE: 810
Bees Infographic
Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this beautiful infographic tells why bees are so important for the health of our planet.
Bees E-book
Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this bees e-book is perfect for kids ages 7-10. It teaches all about the behavior, diet, habits, and importance of bees.
Big Cats E-book
Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this big cats e-book is perfect for kids ages 7-10. It teaches all about big cats including their diet, behavior, habits, habitats, ranges, and much more. Perfect to print.
California Condors at the Grand Canyon - Video
Description: This amazing production from the National Park Service shows footage of California Condors in the Grand Canyon.
Global Warming Crossword
Description: This is a printable crossword puzzle that focuses on global warming.
Protecting Sea Turtles at Biscayne National Park - Video
Description: This amazing production from the National Park Service tells the science behind protecting Florida's endangered sea turtles and explain ways that people can help.
How to tell a tortoise from a turtle - Video
Description: This awesome video describes the differences between tortoises and turtles at Joshua Tree National Park.
Peregrine Falcons of Acadia National Park- Video
Description: This awesome video tells about efforts to band and track Peregrine Falcon chicks in Maine's Acadia National Park.
Mammals Interactive
Description: This awesome module allows students to learn about over 50 different mammals, from every continent, interactively!
"The Big Five" - Important African Animals E-Book
Description: This e-books describes five endangered or threatened African animals (African Lion, Cape Buffalo, African Leopard, Black Rhinoceros and African Elephant).
"The Little Five" - Important African Animals E-Book
Description: This e-books describes five lesser known threatened African animals (Leopard Tortoise, Elephant Shrew, Buffalo Weaver, Antlion and Rhino Beetle).
Mammals of Serengeti National Park Coloring
Description: This beautiful coloring sheet features ten mammals of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park: Jaguar, Cheetah, African Elephant, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Buffalo. Lion, and Gazelle.
Habitat Maker - Online Game
Description: This totally fun simulation allows students to create up to five different habitats with a selection of customizable, cartoonish animals and plants that belong in the habitats. In additions, students can enter the "lost dimension" where they can craft their own animals from the parts of different animals! Classified under: Science game, science games, animal game, animal games, habitat game, habitat games
The Color Green Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 120 Words; LEXILE: 610
Recycle - Online Game
Description: Recycle! is an online game that shows students how easy it is to recycle. Students have three minutes to recycle as many items as possible into the plastic, aluminum, and paper containers. See if you can recycle 60 items!
Endangered Species Digital Scavenger Hunt
Description: This activity requires students to answer the online scavenger hunt questions using the endangered species gallery. It gives immediate feedback.
Cheetah Fact Sheet and Crossword Puzzle
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the cheetah. It comes with a crossword puzzle!
California Condor Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions.
California Condor Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 132 Words; LEXILE: 610
Endangered Species Gallery - Online
Description: This section provides images, videos, and profiles of 16 vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered species
IUCN Classification System Guide
Description: This section defines the different classifications used by the IUCN to describe an animal's status including extinct, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, and more. This section also provides pictures and animals which fit into each classification.
Animalia - Online Game
Description: How well do you know where in the world animals live? Drag and drop the animals to their continents. There are 31 total animals. If you correctly place 28 or more, you can print out a gold medal certificate with one of the animals. There are 31 total certificates you can earn, so play often and trade with your friends to collect them all.
Animal Idol - Online Game
Description: Welcome to Animal Idol. In this game, your knowledge of the animal and plant kingdoms will be tested like its never been tested before. Unlike American Idol, you won’t have to sing, but you will have to answer questions about animals, plants, and biomes. Each round has a different theme and the questions are tough. To make it to the next round, simply score five correct answers and score at least 50 percent. For example, if you get five correct, but get eight incorrect, you will be eliminated, but if you get five correct and four incorrect, you will survive. After every round, you’ll endure criticism by the three judges, Randy Jackal, Paula Impala, and Simon Cow. Can you be the next Animal Idol?
Animal Idol Demonstration Video
Description: This video will show you how to play Animal Idol.
Blue Whale Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 105 Words; LEXILE: 710
Blue Whale Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and four multiple choice questions.
Blue Whale Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Blue Whale Interactive Crossword
Description: This interactive crossword requires students to read a short passage before filling in the puzzle. It gives immediate feedback.
Blue Whale Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
California Condor Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a informational passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Sea Lion Fact Sheet and Word Scramble
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the sea lion. It comes with a brief word scramble.
Sea Otter Fact Sheet and Crossword Puzzle
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the sea otter. It comes with a crossword puzzle!
Polar Bear Fact Sheet and Crossword Puzzle
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the polar bear. It comes with a crossword puzzle!
Giant Panda Fact Sheet and Crossword Puzzle
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the giant panda. It comes with a crossword puzzle!
Gorilla Fact Sheet and Crossword
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the Gorilla. It includes a brief crossword puzzle.
Borneo Pygmy Elephant Fact Sheet and Question Set
Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the Borneo pygmy elephant. It comes with five discussion questions.
Helping Endangered Animals E-book
Description: This is a printable e-book that describes steps students can take to help endangered animals.
What is Global Warming? - Fact Sheet
Description: This is a useful printable that describes global warming and includes a diagram.
Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the Endangered Species Profiles section.
IUCN Species Classification Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the IUCN Classifications (for species survival - e.g. endangered, critically endangered etc.) section.
All about Climate Change E-book
Description: This is a printable e-book that describes the causes and effects of climate change.
