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Lesson Plans

• Science Lesson Plan (multiple day format for elementary to high school)
  

• Art Lesson Plan (middle to high school)

Media

• ARKive Gallery of endangered species photos & video
• Film Library (discount for teachers)

Resource Materials

• Certificate of Participation for Youth Art Contest
• Toolkit (includes: posters, activity book, masks, passports, bookmarks, letters to the editor, Endangered Species Day stickers, etc.)
• Teaching resources for 11-14 year-olds, from ARKive:
  http://www.arkive.org/education/teaching-resources-11-14#resourceGuessZoo

Classroom Suggestions

• Teacher’s Forum (below)
• Video: Dave Cox, a biology teacher at Land Community College, Springfield, Ill., shares his experiences teaching endangered species conservation.
• Video: Diane Bentivegna and the students of Woodmere Middle School's Class 7A created the video, "Voice of Youth: "Protect the Endangered Species Act".
• Article: Illinois High School science teacher Paul Ritter incorporated endangered turtles into his class’ curriculum.
• Article: "Bringing Endangered Species to the Classroom"—an article from the May, 2011 issue of The American Biology Teacher, featuring of suggestions for biology, ecology, conservation and other educators.

Background:

• Podcast Series: Background information on endangered species conservation to assist educators
• Endangered Species Act fact sheet
• Endangered Species Day brochure
• Endangered reading list

Teacher Forum

We have introduced this Teachers’ Forum as a special resource for teachers wishing to enhance their classroom instruction of endangered species/habitat conservation.

In addition to replying to other teachers’ comments, you are encouraged to share your own effective teaching techniques and favorite online/print resources, along with questions you have or a request for feedback on a specific topic.

If you have any difficulty using the Forum, please contact David Robinson, Endangered Species Day director at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Thanks for participating.