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Lesson Plans and Activities

Here are a few examples of lesson plans and activities which encourage children to become more connected to wildlife and wild places.

	Animal Tracking Kids' Discovery Club	Rainforest Sounds Kids' Discovery Club

	Backyard Animals Scavenger Hunt Kids' Discovery Club	Web of Life Activity

	AZA's 2009 CEC Theme: "Our Ecological Footprint"	Arctic Education Lesson Plans and Teacher Resources for families, primary and secondary education

	Sun, Sand and Sea Turtles A 5-day camp aimed at ages 9-15

Nature: Lesson Plans for Teachers from PBS America's Public Broadcasting Station offers Americans television programs about science, history, nature and public affairs. Here are lesson plans on a wide variety of topics from elephants to reptiles. These lesson plans can be used alone or with the PBS documentaries.
	Lions and Giraffes Investigate giraffe adaptations and lion populations.	Deep Jungle Discover new technology to explore the rain forests.

	The Reptiles Learn more about lizards, turtles, tortoises, alligators, crocodiles & snakes	Operation Preservation Find out about whooping crane migration & a Croatian national park

	Triumph of Life Further your understanding of evolution and biodiversity	There's No Place like Home Expand your knowledge of animals' adaptations to their ecosystem

	Forces of the Wild Challenge your students with the powerful natural forces of Earth	Enter the World Look at the world through the eyes of juvenile animals