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Primary School Lesson Plans: Wildlife and Globalization

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Posted on September 13, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Grades K-2
These resources are appropriate for grade levels Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd.
Lesson Plans:






  1. Protecting Africa's Wildlife
    In this lesson, students will consider how people affect the natural environment in their home area and in Africa. They will learn about two African habitats (the savanna and the rain forest) and some of the animals that live there, and focus on how cheetahs and chimpanzees make use of their habitats. Students will conclude by creating posters to encourage people to protect the savanna and the rain forest, as well as the animals in the area where they live.

    Time needed for lesson plan: 2-3 hours

    To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit  National Geographic.



  2. Frog Alert! Frog Alert!
    Frogs are amazing creatures. National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes points out that they're really two animals—they have all the mechanisms to be both a tadpole and a frog. His fascination with frogs and their development led him to his current career studying the effects of different chemicals on frogs. In this lesson, students will learn about the ways Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about changes in frogs' appearances as they relate to chemical contamination of water. Students will discuss the issue of water pollution and what can be done to decrease it.

    Time needed for lesson plan: 1-2 hours

    To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit  National Geographic.






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