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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

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

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