Extinction (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)
URL: http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/eighth/8H3.shtml
Abstract: This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students the meaning of extinct and endangered, and explores the causes for extinction or endangered species status of animals living in the area. Goals, objectives, an outline, time needed, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson are provided. Classroom Connectors address content with an activity approach while incorporating themes necessary to raise the activity to a higher cognition level. The major motivation is to employ instructional strategies that bring the students physically and mentally into touch with the science they are studying.
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Audience:Educator
Learning Resource Type: Lesson
Subjects: 
Subjects
Education issues
Teacher content knowledge
Teaching strategies
Science
Life science
Biodiversity
Personal and social issues
Humans and the environment
Conservation
Science as inquiry
Science process skills
Interpreting data
Observing
Predicting
Scientific habits of mind
Format: text/html
Contributors: University of Tennessee at Martin, Center for Environmental and Conservation Education (Publisher)
Copyright Information: Copyright 2001, The University of Tennessee at Martin
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