Resources for Teachers: 

Endangered Species Day Lesson Plans and Resources:  https://www.endangered.org/campaigns/endangered-species-day/teachers-resource-center/

International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ 

Iowa’s Threatened and Endangered Species Program:  https://www.iowadnr.gov/Conservation/Iowas-Wildlife/Threatened-and-Endangered

NGSS: MS-ESS3-3, Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment: https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ess3-3-earth-and-human-activity

Endangered Species Coalition resource guide for Endangered Species Day - Lesson plans and activity ideas: https://www.endangered.org/campaigns/endangered-species-day/science-lesson-plan/

World Wildlife Fund Endangered Species Teaching Resources: https://www.worldwildlife.org/teaching-resources/

Lesson plan from National Wildlife Federation about Endangered Species (Grades 3-8): https://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Be%20Out%20There/Schoolyard%20Habitats/AtRiskSpecies2.pdf 

Related Iowa Science Phenomena from Iowa PBS

Blanding’s Turtles at Nahant Marsh, HS-LS4-5: https://phenomena.iowapbs.org/item/blandings-turtles-nahant-marsh

Prairie Chickens, 3-LS4-4: https://phenomena.iowapbs.org/item/prairie-chickens

Decreasing Ruffed Grouse Habitat, MS-LS2-4: https://phenomena.iowapbs.org/item/decreasing-ruffed-grouse-habitat

Trumpeter Swan Population Decline and Restoration, MS-LS2-4:
https://phenomena.iowapbs.org/item/trumpeter-swan-population-decline-and-restoration