Plants and Animals

The Plants and Animals news package contains teaching activities that address the importance and richness of habitats, as well as environmental threats, conservation, and protection.

The Endangered Species lesson plan is currently available. We will be updating the series with new learning activities.

Chapters

• Endangered Species
• Insects

Students learn about endangered species through articles published on Časoris. They are encouraged to learn cooperatively and consolidate the material through play and movement activities. Group work is designed to reinforce students’ media literacy.

Vocabulary

• animals
• threats
• extinction
• attitude towards living beings

This lesson can be carried out in any of the following

• an English (EFL) lesson
• Cross-curricular lessons with the native-language course and sciences
• in natural science and technology lessons

Starting points for class discussion

Endangered Animals & Causes of Animal Endangerment:

• What do students already know about endangered animals?
• Why are animals becoming extinct?
• What threatens them?
• What kind of relationship do we have with living things?
• Where do the students get their information?
• How do they know that the information is credible?

Important dates

• The third Friday of May is the International Endangered Species Day
• October 4th is the World Animal Day
• November 30th is the Remembrance Day for Lost Species