Animal Activities

The following web sites/activities are for your reference and use to encourage wildlife based activities and arts.

 

Elementary Age

NWF Animal baby activities
Preschool Animal Activities
National Wildlife Federation:  Kidzone
Animal Crafts

 

Intermediate Age
 
The Leopold Education Project : A Lesson in a Land Ethic
Oil Spill information/Activities
Grand Valley Audubon Society:  Sharing the Earth lessons
National Park Services - Aliens in your backyard

 

All Ages

Animal Adaptations
USFWS Endangered Species for Kids Page
National Geographic: Geography Action
Forest Resource Environmental Education
National Geographic:  America's Backyard
Defenders of Wildlife:  Kid's Planet
World Wildlife Fund:  Fun and Games
Smithsonian National Zoological Park:  Conservation Central
Composting for Kids (slide show)
Energy Hog (energy education)
Amazing Animal Senses
Names of Animal Genders and Groups
Biomes: What's it like where you live?
Kids Domain: Environmental & Animal games for all ages
 

Kansas Activities

Kansas History Day : Kansas Historical Society
Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

 

Wetlands

Wetlands
Wetlands theme page
Kids in the Creek - Bonneville Power 
           Administration
 

Bats and Bugs

Bat Conservation International
Bats
Going Buggy

 

Biodiversity

Animal Diversity Web: University of Michigan
World Conservation Union: IUCN Red List of
                  Threatened Species

 

ORGANIZATIONS

Project Wild
Project Wet
Project Wild Aquatic
Project Learning Tree (PLT)
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental  Education (KACEE)
National Association for Interpretation (NAI)
Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
National Science Teacher Association (NSTA)
North America Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
 

If you have suggestions for activities or web pages that would be good additions to our lists, please e-mail the information to mmills@garden-city.org.