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Endangered Species: Wild and Rare.
NatureScope series. Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation, 1989.
Recommended grade level:
K-7. Endangered Species: Wild and Rare includes background information and activities that focus on the process of extinction and the role of humans in the destruction or conservation of plants and animals and their habitats. Students participate in classroom and playground activities that integrate science with social studies, mathematics, language arts, drama, music, and art as they learn about habitat destruction, wildlife trade, pollution, and other factors that put species in danger. The chapters in this module usually begin with primary activities and end with intermediate or advanced activities.
Endangered Species: Wild and Rare contains 17 lessons organized in 4 chapters; a fifth chapter provides art and craft ideas. Teachers may choose single activities or teach each chapter as a unit. Copycat pages supplement the activities and include ready-to-copy games, puzzles, and worksheets.
Price:
$12.95 (ISBN 0-07-046508-8).
Publisher/supplier:
McGraw-Hill.
Materials:
Available locally.
Topic Index listings linked to this entry
Use these listings to find related entries.
Conservation, Life Sciences: Getting to Know the Whales, ~ Project WILD Aquatic Education Activity Guide, Environmental Sciences: STV: Biodiversity, Multi & Applied Sciences: Critical Issues in Today's World: A Module for Grades 4-7.
Endangered species, Life Sciences: Ecology: Earth's Living Resources, Environmental Sciences: The Environment: The Science and Politics of Protecting Our Planet, ~ STV: Biodiversity, Multi & Applied Sciences: Critical Issues in Today's World: A Module for Grades 4-7, ~ Thematic Applications: Sciences II.
Extinction, Life Sciences: Heredity: The Code of Life, ~ Biodiversity: Understanding the Variety of Life, ~ Order and Diversity in the Living World: Teaching Taxonomy and Systematics in Schools, Environmental Sciences: Changes in Ecosystems, Earth Sciences: Exploring Planet Earth, Multi & Applied Sciences: Evolution: Change over Time, ~ Middle Grades Science: A Problem-Solving Approach, Eighth Grade.
Habitat destruction, Environmental Sciences: Wildlife and Humanity: Can We Share the Earth?, STV: Biodiversity.
Pollution, Life Sciences: Ecosystems, ~ Ecosystems, ~ Biodiversity: Understanding the Variety of Life, ~ The Interrelationships of Soil, Water and Fertilizers and How They Affect Plant Growth, Environmental Sciences: Changes in Ecosystems, ~ Chemical Survey and Solutions and Pollution, ~ Pollution, Environmental Resource Guide: Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention, ~ The Environment: The Science and Politics of Protecting Our Planet, Earth Sciences: River Cutters, ~ The Great Ocean Rescue, Multi & Applied Sciences: Middle Grades Science: A Problem-Solving Approach, Seventh Grade, ~ Prime Science: Level C, ~ Science 2000: Science 2 (Grade 8), ~ Minds-on Science: For the Sake of the Nation.
