Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Bald Eagle
Kids learn about the bald eagle, endangered bird that is the symbol of the United States.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Gorilla
Kids learn about the Gorilla, strong and intelligent African primate that is endangered.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Endangered Animals for Kids: Wildlife Conservation
Explore wildlife conservation including saving animal habitats, captive breeding, and tracking animal populations on this site.
California State University
Cardboard Tree and Endangered Animals Lesson
Two short art lessons in one that introduce young learners to the idea of extinct animals and habitats. Each student will be creating and painting a habitat and assembling an owl. This could be adaptable to use the extinct animal of your...
Read Works
Read Works: Head Count
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who use satellite imaging to count endangered animals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Australian Government: Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
Read about the program that effects animals from becoming extinct. There are links to other organizations that work with the program.
Read Works
Read Works: Back From the Brink
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about animals that are on the brink of extinction, including the following: bald eagle, grizzly bears, Hawaiian sea turtles, and Southern sea turtles. This...
Read Works
Read Works: Saving the Rain Forests
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about protecting the rainforest and the animals that live there. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Animal Cloning, Old Mac Donald's Farm Changed
An in-depth look into the potential benefits to animal cloning. This process could provide us with food designed to help fight disease, protect endangered species, enhance livestock, and create opportunity for biomedical research.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Manatees
Come swim along with the manatees and learn more about them while you're at it! Site includes fun facts, a video as well as games and activities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Endangered Ecosystems: Build a Food Web
Investigate some animals and see where they are in the food web. Build your own food web and relate it to the endangered species biomes.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Orangutan
This resource provides extensive information about the orangutan, including photos, an audio clip and a video. [0:32]
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Python
This resource provides detailed information about the python, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Komodo Dragon
This resource provides detailed information on the Komodo Dragon. It contains several photos and a video.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Leopard
This resource presents detailed information about the leopard, including several photos.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Boa
This resource provides detailed information about the boa, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Rhinoceros
This resource provides detailed information about the rhinoceros, as well as several pictures and audio clips.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Gorilla
This resource presents detailed information about the gorilla, including several photos and an audio clip. [1:52]
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Hummingbird
This resource provides detailed information on the hummingbird, as well as several vivid photos and a video.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Otter
This resource provides extensive information about otters, including photos and an audio clip.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Giant Panda
This is a resource on the giant panda. It has excellent facts and information, captivating photographs, and an interesting video. [1:27]
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Iguana
This resource provides detailed information about the iguana. It include several photos, an audio clip an a video clip. [1:30]
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Owl
This resource provides detailed information, photos, and a video about the owl. [1:33]
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Survival by Handout?
Endangered species are often elusive and human sightings of the animals can be rare. The San Joaquin kit fox, however, listed as endangered since 1967 has learned to survive in urban and suburban areas.