Classroom Resources

Students determine a list of criteria to use when deciding the fate of endangered species,...

Acting as store owners, students conduct a mini-census to identify their potential market and then...

Students play a board game about the fate of a rainforest where they must strategically...

In a role-playing simulation, students act as species in a habitat trying to survive by...

Students use easy-to-find reference materials (print and online) such as almanacs, encyclopedias, atlases, and dictionaries...

Students research events in U.S. environmental history to create a class timeline and then write...

Students participate in a simulation as giant pandas living in the wild to illustrate how...

Students read and discuss an article about the current mass extinction of species, then calculate...

Students research an endangered species and then create an informational report and a poster to...

Food and Agriculture case study reading: How are pollinators critical to our food supply, and...

Forests background reading: The world's forests are important ecosystems in regulating climate and nurturing wildlife....

An elementary-level reading on the importance of protecting wildlife habitat and biodiversity.

Biodiversity background reading: This overview explores why biodiversity is important and what trends are threatening...

Oceans background reading: Take a closer look at the largest habitat on Earth and see...

Forests case study reading: The increasing demand for palm oil is taking a toll on...

Biodiversity case study reading: A profile of one of the world's most unusual and most...

Oceans case study reading: Overfishing of tuna to satiate fish and sushi eaters worldwide has...

Land use background reading: As population grows, we develop wild areas and arable land and...

Thematic unit for the high school classroom on biodiversity issues, endangered animals, and extinction rates....