Unite for Literacy: Denver Zoo: Conservation: Who Lives at Denver Zoo?

Here is a fantastic experiment-based lesson on water conservation, waste, and filtration. The lesson plan is well-developed and provides background information, discussion leads, and six scripted lab activities anyone can do. The class...

Read about where how the electricity to our homes is produced and why it is important to conserve energy. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.

A family shares the different ways that they conserve energy. Includes audio narration.

Look at the many different types of animal movement that you can see at the zoo. Book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about some of the special skills some small mammals have. Includes audio narration in Turkish and English, with text in English.

Learn about light switches and how to save electricity when they are turned off. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.

A family shows some of the ways they reduce their energy use. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.

Meet Akira, a Japanese macaque. Learn how a zoo raised her from birth after her mother was unable to care for her until she was finally accepted by the other macaques. Includes audio narration in Spanish and English, with English text.

Trying to plan an engaging elementary science unit on natural resources? Conserve your energy! This five-part series of lessons and hands-on activities has exactly what you need to teach young scholars about the importance of conservation.

In this book, Sylvia Acevedo tells how she became a rocket scientist. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.