National Geographic
National Geographic: Endangered Animals of the Americas
Students select an endangered or threatened animal to research, locate it on a map, and create a persuasive essay or poster to convince others to help the animals.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Researching Dolphins as Endangered Mammals
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students work in groups of 3-4 to use the Internet for research. Students create reports and slideshow presentations (optional) defining dolphins as mammals and as an endangered species. Students will...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Blue Whale Sighting Thrills Researchers
National Public Radio reports on the blue whale, which has been on the endangered species list for almost 40 years. Find out why a recent siting off the coast of Alaska has given researchers some cause for optimism.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Lions
Students doing research about lions will find this site very helpful. Video and audio clips, photographs, a map, and fun facts will enhance research projects.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Mountain Gorillas
A nice multi-media National Geographic site with video and audio clips about mountain gorillas. Fun facts about the gorillas include information ideal for research projects.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta's Species at Risk
This easy to follow site profiles the many species at risk in the province of Alberta. A drop menu lists each, and makes each available for collecting facts and photos. Excellent for a student researcher.
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife provides information and interactive media to teach students about planet Earth and its' inhabitants. Students can research endangered species (over 50 listed here), learn how to defend and protect the environment,...
Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which learners learn how to categorize information to answer research questions and then to organization that information into an outline....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bamboo Mountain
In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population. [5:37]
Curated OER
Ny Times Learning Network: Species for Sale
Students explore wildlife conservation by investigating animal species that are near extinction due to their value as commodities. Students defend the protection of an endangered species researched in class by creating an informational...
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Museum of Innovation: Animal Rescue [Pdf]
Scientists often need to gather information in order to form a deeper understanding of the problem. Can your team gather scientific evidence to help inform the design of a device that will help move endangered animals from one protected...
PBS
Pbs Nature: Otters
Discover more about how otters live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this informative resource. This condensed site will benefit students who need help narrowing their research information.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Working Together to Live Together
Students experience civil and environmental engineering by planning a housing development in an existing biome, while also protecting the native species that live there. They conduct research, draw plans, make brochures and give...
Other
Great Lakes Information Network
The Great Lakes Science Center provides research on various topics concerning the Great Lake environment such as fish advisories, contaminants, threatened species, low water levels, and sustainable development of the Lakes.
Other
Enviro Watch
Watchdog organization dedicated to preserving the environment through education, research, and legislation.
NOAA
Noaa: National Marine Fisheries Headquarters
This home page provides links to fisheries organizations, research and regulations.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Orangutans
This multimedia site includes video and audio clips. The maps and fun facts will be very beneficial to students doing research projects.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Chimpanzee
This resource provides detailed information about the chimpanzee, as well as several pictures and audio clips.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Wildlife in Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they research wildlife that is threatened or endangered in Texas...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Power of the Presentation
Young scholars will research an endangered African animal using resources from the Alabama Virtual Library and other Internet sites, and then design and present a persuasive and informative digital slideshow presentation on the animal...
Curated OER
Ny Times Lesson Plan: Answering the Call of the Wild
In this New York Times lesson plan, students explore wildlife conservation by investigating the reintroduction of species into their natural habitats and researching a species nearing extinction. Studens then defend the protection of the...
Other
Hilton Pond Center
This Hilton Pond Center site is a resource for teachers, students and researchers who are interested in the environment and environmental conservation of animals and plants.
EL Education
El Education: San Diego Bay: 2008 Tide Calendar
Students complete original research to create a calendar. Each calendar month includes a page with informational text and original photographs featuring different endangered animals of the San Diego Bay including tidal information and a...
Curated OER
Ny Times: Return of the Living Dead (Lesson Plan)
In this lesson, students research endangered animal species that have 'beaten the odds' as they continue to survive longer than scientists had expected. Students will then write individual pages for class book about endangered species.