Teachers should
try these fun activities with their kids
Watch this great"Jungle Warriors" video from ACAP.
Download the New Amur Tiger Book For Children from the
Wildlife Alliance website - a downloadable adventure book
originally written for kids in Russia, is now available in English.
Tiger
Coloring Sheet - a great tiger coloring sheet that comes with
a fun tiger factsheet that can be printed out for the whole class.
Geoguide/Tigers—Classroom Ideas
(Kindergarten-Fourth Grade)
From National Geographic: In this lesson, students will learn some of
the threats to tigers in the wild and some of the challenges of keeping
them in wildlife preserves and zoos. They will then sketch and explain
their designs for sensible tiger enclosures in zoos
Kids For
Tigers (elementary grades)
a page from India with some lesson plans, interactive games, tiger news,
and information on why tigers are endangered and what kids can do
Geoguide Lesson Plan: Tigers (Grades 5–9, but
adaptable to lower and higher grades)
Another guide from National Geographic, in Adobe Acrobat format.
Includes use of another National Geographic interactive Internet feature
at Geoguide
Tigers
India's Endangered Tigers
From WNET Public Television a lesson plan for older students that uses
the Internet, videos of Nature, a vocabulary list, a globe—4 to 5
class periods
Wild Wildlife: Exploring the Moral, Economic and
Ecological Impacts of Animal Extinction (Grades: 6-8, 9-12)
From the New York Times Learning Network, Subjects: Geography, Language
Arts, Science
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students investigate the moral,
economic and ecological impacts of the extinction of various animal
species
Cats! Wild to
Mild - Teacher Curriculum (you must scroll down the index on the
left, then click on Teachers' Curriculum) This guide of background
information and instructional lessons is written for students in grades
3-8 who are interested in exploring the world of cats. It is designed to
help them investigate wild and domestic cat biology, behavior and
environment. The curriculum was designed by the Natural History Museum's
Education Division as a companion guide for the traveling Cats! Wild to
Mild Exhibit and to supplement the Cats! website.
Do you know of other great tiger resources? Tell
us about them.
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