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.

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Species Charades

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

Contributors:

Frances Hamilton

Originator:

Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation

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