Educate your high school students about Arizona's wildlife through these standards-based lesson plans.

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Are There Too Many Elk?
Students analyze real data to make recommendations regarding the management of elk in one part of Arizona.

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Bat Poster Suggested Activities
Brief activity descriptions that help you incorporate the Bats of Arizona poster into your classroom.

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Exploring Arizona's Biotic Communities
Students use online resources to learn about biotic communities in order to produce a visual display.

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Exploring Biomes
Students compare biomes and biotic communities and develop an advertisement for one of the communities in Arizona.

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Mountain Lions in Arizona
An interactive opportunity for students to explore the issues surrounding the management of this major predator.

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Raptors Poster Suggested Activities NEW
Brief activity descriptions that help you incorporate the Raptors of Arizona poster into your classroom.

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Rattlesnake Poster Suggested Activities
Brief activity descriptions that help you incorporate the Rattlesnakes of Arizona poster into your classroom.

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Where the Wild Things Are
An inquiry-based lesson in which students use various maps of Arizona to try to find correlations between animal distribution and habitat.

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Wildlife and Highway Management
An interactive analysis of research data to determine how highways can be made safer for humans and elk.

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Wolves: An Uncertain Future? NEW
Students explore the reintroduction of the Mexican wolves by examining different sides of the debate and writing a persuasive letter or essay.

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