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Wildlife Teacher Resources

Look below to find plenty of cross-curricular printables, lesson plans, quizzes, and references for National Wildlife Week. Bring nature into your classroom with these great wildlife teaching resources for kindergarten through twelfth grade. Activities include bird-watching, reading comprehension passages, and fun art projects. Students will enjoy learning about wild plants and the animals that live in the rain forests, oceans, and polar regions.

Whiteboard Compatible Mini-Lessons

The Amazing Rain Forest Mini-Lesson
Animals of the Arctic Mini-Lesson
Characteristics of Mammals Mini-Lesson
Meet the Mammals Mini-Lesson
Animals of the Antarctic Mini-Lesson
Focus on Frogs Mini-Lesson
Introducing Deserts Mini-Lesson
More Mini-Lessons

Printables

Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Reading Warm-Up 4 for Gr. 1 & 2: Polar Bears
What Is Adaptation?
Animal Research and Writing
Reading Warm-Up 3 for Gr. 3 & 4: Animals
Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
More Popular Wildlife Printables

Quizzes

Animal Classification Quiz
Mammals Quiz
General Science Quiz
Arthropods Quiz
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Quiz
Kinds of Animals Quiz
Animal Facts Quiz
More Wildlife Quizzes

Technology Resources

Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation
Kaufman Focus Guides by Kenn Kaufman

Earth Day Activities

There's an Owl in the Shower
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
What Is Wildlife Conservation?
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
Why Are Wetlands Important to the Environment?
National Park System of the United States
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
More Earth Day Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans

Snake and Sight-Words Board Game
Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters
Animal Walk Circuit
Dinosaur Detectives
Estimating Turtle Size and Age
Discover a Pond Food Web
Owl Sculpture
More Wildlife Lesson Plans

Wildlife References

Some Unusual Facts About Snakes
Animal Fathers
Animal Defenses
Animal Vocabulary: Families and Behavior
Gestation and Longevity of Animals
Animal Group Terms
President Classification of Animals
More Wildlife References

Articles

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit (Grades 1-2)
Reptile and Amphibian Defense Systems
The Summer of the Swans
Reptiles and Amphibians Through the Ages
Penguin Sweaters: Saving Birds from Oil Spills
Books to Use When Teaching Fables
More Wildlife Articles

Wildlife Activities for Art & Drama

Monkey See, Look At Me Coloring Page
Hands & Feet Reindeer Heads
The Barnyard Song
Large Creatures
Can You Make a Feather? -- Activity 4.4
3-Person Silly Animals

Literature Resources on Wildlife

The Boy Who Drew Birds Teacher's Guide
Kingfisher Knowledge Guide: Dangerous Creatures Teacher's Guide
Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Animal Disguises Teacher's Guide
Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Oceans and Seas Teacher's Guide
Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Birds Teacher's Guide
Frog Song Teacher's Guide
Literature & Math: Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
More Literature Resources on Wildlife

Wildlife Activities for Reading & Language Arts

How Do Some Animals Communicate? -- Activity 4.10
Reading Warm-Up 1 for Gr. 1 & 2: Animals
Orangutan Reading Passage
Snake Facts Game Board
Animal Groups Matching
Praying Mantis Reading Passage
Chimpanzee Reading Passage
More Popular Wildlife Activities for Reading & Language Arts

Digital Books

Eyewitness: Amphibian
Eyewitness: Jungle
Eye Wonder: Mammals
One Million Things: Animal Life
Eye Wonder: Birds
Eyewitness: Arctic & Antarctic
Little Brainwaves Investigate: Animals
Eyewitness: Eagle & Birds of Prey
E.Guides: Mammal
Eyewitness: Mammal
Eyewitness: Bird
DK First Animal Encyclopedia
Gallery of DK Digital Books for Earth Science

Children's Science Activities on Wildlife

Frog Life Cycle Booklet
Can You Design a Better Bird? -- Activity 4.13
Animal Home Puzzles
Basics of Bird-Watching
Bird Feeders
Planimal House
Care and Handling of Live Reptiles and Amphibians
More Children's Science Activities on Wildlife

Wildlife Activities for Earth Science Class

How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
How Do Animals Adapt to Seasonal Change? -- Activity 4.12
Butterfly Facts and Questions
Reading Warm-Up 56 for Gr. 1 & 2: Science
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
Geologic Time Scale and Reptile Skeletal Figures
More Wildlife Activities for Earth Science Class

Wild Plants

Edible Wild Plants
Wildflowers and Their Families
Layers of the Rain Forest
The Sunflower
Flower and Leaf Press
Plants of the Rain Forest
More Plants (Botany) – Teacher Resources

Wildlife in Polar Regions

Camouflage
What Animal Do I Admire?
Reading Warm-Up 6 for Gr. 1 & 2: Animals
Julie's Wolf Pack Reader's Guide
Animal Research - Plan Ahead
More Polar Regions – Teacher Resources

Resources on Insects

Animal & Insect Transparencies Slideshow
Plant & Animal Visuals Slideshow
Camouflaged Butterflies
Why Migration? -- Thinking Scientifically
Animals and Their Colorful Markings
More Resources on Insects

Endangered Species Resources

Reading Warm-Up 8 for Gr. 5 & 6: Animals
Endangered Interview
Reading Warm-Up 15 for Gr. 3 & 4: Animals
Reading Warm-Up 6 for Gr. 5 & 6: Animals
Marsupials – Matching Activity
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot Activity Packet
Saving the Ghost of the Mountain Endangered Animal Trading Cards

Aquatic Wildlife Resources

What Belongs in the Ocean?
Reading Warm-Up 11 for Gr. 3 & 4: Animals
Reading Warm-Up 11 for Gr. 1 & 2: Animals
Reading Warm-Up 7 for Gr. 5 & 6: Animals
More Oceans – Teacher Resources

Rain Forest Wildlife Activities

Bullfrog Food Web
Gorilla Reading Passage
Reptile and Amphibian Life Span and Life History
Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
Anaconda Reading Passage
Eastern Newt Species Account
Mimics Survive -- Camouflaged Reptiles
More Popular Rain Forest Wildlife Activities

Social Studies & Wildlife Connected

Touching Spirit Bear and Ghost of Spirit Bear Reading Guide
Animal Names: Male, Female, Young
Create a Turkey
The Race of Toad and Deer
On the Far Side of the Mountain
More Social Studies Resources on Wildlife

Highlights

End-of-the-Year Resources
The end of the school year is quickly approaching! Celebrate with fun activities, then prepare yourself and your students with report card advice, summer reading guides, summer math, and more.

Common Core Lessons & Resources
Is your school district adopting the Common Core? Work these new standards into your curriculum with our reading, writing, speaking, social studies, and math lessons and activities. Each piece of content incorporates the Common Core State Standards into the activity or lesson.

Top 10 Galleries
Explore our most popular Top 10 galleries, from Top 10 Behavior Management Tips for the Classroom and Top 10 Classroom Organization Tips from Veteran Teachers to Top 10 Free (& Cheap) Rewards for Students and Top 10 Things Every Teacher Needs in the Classroom. We'll help you get organized and prepared for every classroom situation, holiday, and more! Check out all of our galleries today.

June Calendar of Events
June is full of holidays and events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: Summer Begins (6/21), Helen Keller's Birthday (6/27/1880), World War I Began (6/28/1914), and Meteor Day (6/30). Plus, celebrate Child Vision Awareness Month, National Rivers Month, and National Safety Month all June long!

Causes We Support: We Give Books
Visit We Give Books, an ever-growing, free online library of children's picture books! For every book read on the site, a brand-new book will be donated to a children's literacy campaign of your choosing. Read aloud to students or encourage them read independently, and you'll teach them to help others at the same time. Giving is as simple as reading!

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