Students will analyze animals to learn which characteristics make a species “at-risk” of extinction.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
✔ Differentiate between species that are threatened, endangered, or extinct.
✔ Identify biological and human-influenced factors that make species susceptible to becoming endangered.
✔ Use species risk factors to rank species’ susceptibility to becoming endangered.
✔ Evaluate local species’ vulnerability based on what they have learned.
Grade Levels: 5-8; 3-4
Time Estimate: 1 class period
Subjects: science, math, art, history
Skills: analysis, classification, comparison, evaluation, research, synthesis