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Species Charades

This lesson focuses on introducing young students to the variety of endangered species with a game of charades! In this lesson, the teacher places names of animals into a bag for students to draw from.  Students act out the behaviors of the animals while their classmates guess which animal they are representing.  There is also a link to ThinkQuest that explains the meaning of endangered species.

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Students will:

  • identify endangered species.
  • mimic the behaviors of an endangered species.

 

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

Helpful Hints

Materials needed:

  • slips of paper with names of endangered species and/or pictures
  • container to hold papers

 

References

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