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Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Middle School
Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard is an interdisciplinary 1-2 week unit developed in collaboration with the Snow Leopard Trust. It includes five dynamic lessons and culminates with a service learning project. The unit is designed for 5-8th grade students in science and social studies. Though the lessons are designed as a comprehensive unit, each lesson can stand alone.
Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard includes:
- Five hands-on lessons
- An introduction to snow leopards and their ecosystem
- An exploration of the human-wildlife conflicts that exist where people and snow leopards overlap
- Opportunities to develop 21st century skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, and global perspective
- An examination of community-based conservation
- A service learning project related to the protection of snow leopards in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan
These lessons were developed and piloted by teachers and conservation experts including the Snow Leopard Trust, the world’s leading authority on the study and protection of the endangered snow leopard. This unit, valued at $14.95, is available for FREE download (86 pages, 4.53 MB).
This unit of study encourages students to explore a variety of topics and activities related to snow leopard conservation and to explore the complex solutions for wildlife conservation that are often linked to the well-being of humans who share their habitat. By learning about snow leopards and the threats to their survival, students will understand the pressures facing wildlife around the world and the interconnections among those pressures. They will engage in activities that allow them to consider the many different stakeholders and points of view involved in wildlife conservation. Students will also engage in real and meaningful efforts to protect these important animals, envisioning and designing solutions that balance the needs of people and natural ecosystems.
“The students were actively engaged in all of the lessons presented and really took on the roles and emotions of the activities.”
–Science Teacher
“I used different parts of each lesson with each class’ ability. The many choices of activities allows for differentiation over a large expanse of abilities.”
–Science Teacher
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