Educational Resources
Introducing WWF's Wild Classroom
Connecting educators and parents with the tools and resources they need to help kids explore and understand the world around them. Together we can inspire the next generation to build a future where people and nature thrive! Recently recognized as one of 2021's Best Digital Learning Tools by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).
Activity Spotlight: The Grasslands of the Northern Great Plains
The resources in this content pack are designed to provide students with an understanding of the importance of grassland ecosystems like the Northern Great Plains and benefits they and the wildlife within them provide.
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Lesson Library
Choose from a variety of toolkits featuring information guides and activities about some of WWF’s priority species and conservation goals. These subject-integrated lessons are perfect for school, home, or any learning environment and will leave kids with an understanding of how their actions help shape the future of nature.
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Teaching Tools about Tigers and Forests
Use this toolkit to explore, analyze, and discuss the importance of forests and tigers, and what we can do to protect them. These resources are geared towards students in grades 3-5 and can be used in any learning environment.
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Teaching Tools about Sea Turtles and Oceans
Use this toolkit to explore, analyze, and discuss the importance of oceans and sea turtles, and what we can do to protect them. These resources are geared towards students in grades 3-5 and can be used in any learning environment.
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Teaching Tools about Monarchs
Through the activities within the monarch butterfly toolkit, students will learn how everyday food choices can impact this incredible species, their habitat, and their legendary migration. These resources are geared towards students in grades 3-5.
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Be A Food Waste Warrior
K-12 lessons, activities, and resources to teach the planetary impact of what we eat and what we throw away.
Conservation in the Classroom
Bring conservation and science to life by giving children the opportunity to hear and interact with someone in the field. Through free 45-minute virtual events livestreamed on our website, children can hear WWF experts share stories of their experience working to protect species and habitats around the world.
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Protecting the Scaly and Slithery with Arnaud Lyet | WWF-US Wildlife Conservation
March 9th, 1:30 PM EST
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Life in a Frozen World: Antarctica with Emily Grilly, WWF Antarctic Program Manager
Recorded on Dec. 7, 2021
New Video on the Wild Classroom YouTube Channel
Biodiversity supports everything in nature that we need to survive: food, clean water, medicine, and shelter. But what exactly is biodiversity and what is causing it to decline? Learn all about biodiversity and how you can help nature in your own community with our newest explainer video. For the latest educational videos and Q&A sessions with our experts, subscribe to WWF's new Wild Classroom YouTube channel.
Other Educational Tools
Use these apps, games, videos, and more to reinforce with students the importance of conservation and how they can help make a difference.
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Find Your Inner Animal Quiz
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Wildlife Arts and Crafts
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Our Planet Educator Guides
Teaching Tools
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Work Out Your Wild Side
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Living Planet Report 2020: Youth Edition
A Guide for Our Future
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Educational Apps
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Daily Activity Plans
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Kahoot!
Quizzes to learn more about wildlife
Going the Extra 'Wild' Mile
Taylor Halliday is the Gifted Intervention Specialist at South Science Technology Magnet in Lima, Ohio. In this position, she engages 3rd – 8th graders in enriching projects that connect to real world challenges. Recently, her students learned about threats facing sea turtles and have been motivated to educate their peers on how to help.
Taylor Halliday | Lima, OH
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*Various image attributions: © WWF-Brazil/Adriano Gambarini| Trina Pate | Ola Jennersten/WWF-Sweden | Cat Holloway/WWF