Student Reading
This overview explores why biodiversity is important and what trends are threatening so many of the world’s species.
Case Study
A profile of one of the world’s most unusual and most threatened animals.
Lesson Plans
Students determine a list of criteria to use when deciding the fate of endangered species, then conduct research on a specific species and create a presentation justifying its protection.
Students read and discuss an article about the current mass extinction of species, then calculate extinction rates and analyze data to compare modern rates to the background extinction rate.