Read Works
Read Works: Vanishing Frogs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a skin fungus causing the harlequin frog species to become endangered. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
Read Works
Read Works: Saving Hawaiian Monk Seals
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the decreasing population of the Hawaiian monk seals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: All About Mammoths
Use this site to find out where mammoths lived, what they looked like and where they lived. Includes a woolly mammoth printout and other links.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution Aqa
Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species. Fossils provide a record of organisms that lived a long time ago. They also...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Galapagos Island Giant Tortoises Saved
A report of research indicates that the giant saddleback tortoise of Espanola island in the Galapagos Islands have, through conservation efforts, begun to successfully return from the brink of extinction.
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Dinosaurs' End, the Gravitational Hypothesis
The author of this site feels that there are too many problems with the current theories for why dinosaurs became extinct. He believes that his gravitational hypothesis is the correct answer, the dinosaurs suddenly got too heavy.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Great Auk
A profile of the extinct Great Auk is provided here by the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Carolina Parakeet
The Carolina parakeet was once found in the southern United States but is now extinct. The reasons are explained here and you can see a drawing of this lost bird.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Dodo
The Dodo became extinct shortly after 1640 and all that remains of them today are bones and some pieces of skin. Provided is a brief description of their location, characteristics and predators.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Eskimo Curlew
The Eskimo curlew, which migrated between the Northwest Territories and Argentina is believed to be extinct, although there are occasional reports of possible sightings. The reasons for its decline and a drawing of one can be found here.
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...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Endangered!
After making the gameboard, play this interactive learning game that teaches about "The Endangered Species Act", a law that protects animals and plants that are in danger of going extinct.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Adaptations in the Animal World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about how animals adapt through evolution and how some plants and animals are becoming extinct.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Takahe
Do you know what a Takahe is? Get the facts on this bird that was once thought to be extinct. Included are five photographs.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Moas
The Canadian Museum of Nature provides a concise introduction to the moas. Learn about these now extinct large flightless birds that used to call New Zealand home.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Scallop
Brief look at fossil evidence that reveals the life and ecological interactions of the extinct scallop.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Crassatellid Clam
A look at what fossil evidence reveals about the life and ecological interactions of this extinct species of a clam.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Bison [Pdf]
This FYI for Kids (Volume 4, Issue 1) article focuses on Bison. It explains the difference between bison and buffalo, how the Native Americans used them, how they were hunted to near extinction by settlers, and how they are returning to...
Other
Fossil Museum: Paleobiology
This table is an overview of the appearance and extinction of major groups of organisms through geologic time.
Curated OER
Sedl: Extinction
This second lesson in a course on dinosaurs is devoted to extinction. There are group activities, discussion of the idea, and a way to assess what the students have learned.
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: Extinction of the Western Empire: Great Invasions
In this article from the 1901 textbook by William Morey, you read about the split of Rome into East and West. and the invasions of swarms of barbarians.
University of California
Ucmp: Welcome to the Dinobuzz
Site details with the current topics concerning dinosaurs. Site covers dinosaur speeds, dinosaur extinction, warm-blooded dinosaurs and more.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Competition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how interspecific competition affects extinction and specialization.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Endangered Animals
Kids: What is an endangered animal? Many species are in danger of becoming extinct. How can we help?
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