Incorporate students’ natural curiosity about animals in your class with lessons and printables on sea life, endangered species, wildlife, and more. Educate them about animal behavior, biology, life cycles, and habitats with literature, games, and references. Science activities and graphic organizers will help students classify vertebrates and invertebrates. There are plenty of resources for math, writing, social studies, and art to extend your curriculum offerings for all grade levels.
WHITEBOARD COMPATIBLE MINI-LESSONS
- The Amazing Rain Forest Mini-Lesson
- Adaptations: Bird Beaks Mini-Lesson
- Building Nests Mini-Lesson
- Introducing Deserts Mini-Lesson
- Animals of the Arctic Mini-Lesson
- Characteristics of Mammals Mini-Lesson
- Focus on Frogs Mini-Lesson
- Meet the Mammals Mini-Lesson
- Animals of the Antarctic Mini-Lesson
- More Mini-Lessons
SLIDESHOWS
- Top 10 Animal-Themed Graphic Organizers
- Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades K-1)
- Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 1-3)
- Gallery of DK Digital Books for Life Science
- Life Science Across the Curriculum Printables Slideshow
- Plant & Animal Visuals Slideshow
- Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 4-6)
PRINTABLES FOR GRADES K-2
- Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Booklet
- What Is Adaptation?
- Who Gives a Hoot?
- Life in the Sea
- Body Parts of an Ant
- Polar Bears Reading Warm-Up
- More Popular Animal Printables
PRINTABLES FOR GRADES 3-5
- Vertebrate and Invertebrate Animals
- Layers of the Rain Forest Worksheets
- Animal Research and Writing
- Spring Crossword Puzzle I
- Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
- Island of the Blue Dolphins Activities
- Ocean Food Chain Reading Warm-Up
- More Popular Animal Printables
PRINTABLES FOR GRADES 6-8
- Animal Research and Writing
- An Animal Word Search
- How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
- Animal Adaptations Project – Worksheet 1
- Classification Puzzle
- Animal Tracks: Who Done It?
- How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? – Activity 4.11
- More Popular Animal Printables
PRINTABLES FOR GRADES 9-12
- Animal Cell/Plant Cell (Blank) Printable
- The Parts of a Plant Cell and an Animal Cell
- Printable List of Rain Forest Animals
- Making a Bar Graph
- What Are Viruses & Bacteria?
- Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis
- Food Web (Blank) Printable
- More Popular Animal Printables
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
- Dogs and Cats as Pets: Venn Diagram
- Animal Coverings
- Horse: Main Idea and Supporting Details Organizer
- KWL Chart – Animals
- In a Garden
- KWL Chart – Living and Non-Living
- Animal Babies and Parents
- More Animal Graphic Organizers
QUIZZES
- Animal Classification Quiz
- Animal Facts Quiz
- Arthropods Quiz
- Insects Don’t Bug Me Quiz
- Mammals Quiz
- General Science Quiz
- Kinds of Animals Quiz
- More Animal Quizzes
LESSON PLANS FOR GRADES K-6
- Life Cycle of Butterflies
- “The Grasshopper and the Owl”: A Fable by Aesop
- “The Fox and the Goat”: A Lesson on Aesop’s Fable
- Charlotte’s Web Persuasive Letter
- Animals of the Rainforest
- What Am I? Icebreaker
- How Big Is a Blue Whale?
- More Popular Animal Lesson Plans
LESSON PLANS FOR GRADES 7-12
- “The Fox and the Goat”: A Lesson on Aesop’s Fable
- What Foods Attract Ants?
- Estimating Turtle Size and Age
- Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
- Dinosaur Detectives
- Discover a Pond Food Web
- Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
- More Animal Lesson Plans
ANIMALS & TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED
- Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation
- Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Student Planning Pages
- Animal Speeds
- Insects on the Internet
- Microscopic Organisms
- Man’s Best Friend Rubric
- 75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Voice Heard Again
- More Technology Activities on Animals
MUSIC, DRAMA, & ANIMALS CONNECTED
- The Barnum & Bailey Circus
- Silly Sea Songs
- Old MacDonald Singing Activity
- Animal Tracking Song
- More Music and Drama Activities on Animals
ANIMAL ACTIVITIES FOR ART CLASS
- “Dear Zoo” Flap Book
- T. Rex Pop-Up Activity
- Rain Forest Animals
- Farm Animals Matching
- Great Giraffes
- Classroom Guide for The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
- Can You Make a Feather? — Activity 4.4
- More Popular Animal Art Activities
ANIMALS IN LITERATURE
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Booklet
- Animal Farm Literature Guide
- “The Fox and the Goat”: A Lesson on Aesop’s Fable
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Stellaluna
- Two Bad Ants Teacher’s Guide
- More Popular Literature Resources on Animals
ANIMAL RESOURCES FOR READING & LANGUAGE ARTS
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Booklet
- Animal Research and Writing
- “The Fox and the Goat”: A Lesson on Aesop’s Fable
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Sharks Reading Warm-Up
- Stellaluna
- More Popular Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts
DIGITAL BOOKS
- Eyewitness: Jungle
- Eyewitness: Bird
- Eyewitness: Amphibian
- Eye Wonder: Mammals
- One Million Things: Animal Life
- Eye Wonder: Birds
- Eyewitness: Arctic & Antarctic
- Little Brainwaves Investigate: Animals
- Eyewitness: Eagle & Birds of Prey
- E.Guides: Mammal
- Eyewitness: Mammal
- DK First Animal Encyclopedia
- Gallery of DK Digital Books for Life Science
GAMES & PUZZLES
- Where Are the Animals?
- A Bird Word Search
- A Fishy Word Search
- Animal Life Puzzles
- Sea Mammals, Part 1
- In the Pond
- Make a Puzzle
- Horsing Around
- Reptiles
- Stink and the Great Guinea Pig ExpressActivity Kit
SOCIAL STUDIES & ANIMALS CONNECTED
- Stellaluna
- An Ocean Adventure Sub Kit (Grades 3-4)
- Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
- The Summer of the Swans
- Second-Grade Soil Scientists
- Jane Goodall, Ethologist
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
- More Popular Animal Resources for Social Studies
WILDLIFE WEEK RESOURCES
- Animal Research and Writing
- Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
- A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit (Grades 1-2)
- Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
- How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? — Activity 4.11
- Vertebrates and Invertebrates Word Fill-In
- Frog Life Cycle Booklet
- More Wildlife Teacher Resources
EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES
- Animal Apartments
- Animal and Insect Pictures
- There’s an Owl in the Shower
- Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
- What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
- Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
- Identifying Biomes
- More Earth Day Teacher Resources
ANIMAL BIOLOGY RESOURCES
- Life Cycle of Butterflies
- A Butterfly’s Life Cycle
- Animal Adaptation Project — Student Overview
- How Was That Sheep Cloned?
- Science Fun: Basic Needs
- How Do Animals Move? — Activity 4.9
- Reading Tracks
- More Animal Biology Resources
MATHEMATICS & ANIMALS CONNECTED
- Which Dinosaur Is Taller?
- Dot-to-Dot Tiger Count
- Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
- Favorite Animal Graph
- Great, Big Enormous Animals
- Place Value through Hundreds (Gr. 3)
- Going Fishing: Counting Activity
- More Popular Animal Activities for Math Class
ANIMAL RESOURCES FOR HISTORY CLASS
- “The Fox and the Goat”: A Lesson on Aesop’s Fable
- The Bald Eagle Reading Warm-Up
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
- Animals on the First Fleet
- Animals in Uniform
- Colonial Animals: A Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up
- Captive Whales Reading Warm-Up
- More Animal Resources for History Class
HEALTH & SAFETY RESOURCES ON ANIMALS
- Food From Plants and Animals
- Insects in the Garden
- The Ants Have It!
- Join the Firefighters!
- Wild Critters
- More Health & Safety Resources on Animals
ENDANGERED SPECIES
- Endangered Species Wordsearch
- On the Brink of Becoming Extinct
- Endangered Animals
- Threatened, Endangered, Extinct
- Endangered Animals Hunt
- Wetlands Life Worksheet
- Endangered Animal Species
- More Resources on Endangered Species
INSECTS
- List of Rain Forest Animals
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Booklet
- Life Cycle of Butterflies
- Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
- Butterfly Facts and Questions
- More Insects – Teacher Resources
AQUATIC ANIMALS
- What Belongs in the Ocean?
- Teamwork
- Killer Whales Reading Warm-Up
- Making a Zoo Poster
- Sea Creatures: Would You Rather…
- Draw a Story
- Sea Animal Patterns
- More Popular Aquatic Animal Resources
ZOO ANIMALS
- A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit (Grades 1-2)
- Zoo Animals
- And Tango Makes Three Educator’s Guide
- The Petting Zoo
- Science and Technology: Fake Trees and Giraffes
- Lion Mask Cut-Out
- Draw a Path to My Door
- More Resources on Zoo Animals
REFERENCES
- Some Unusual Facts About Snakes
- President Classification of Animals
- Animal Group Terms
- Dinosaur News
- Tyrannosaurus Sue
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- Animal Vocabulary
- More Animal References
