and the Digital Atlas
suggested grade levels: 9-12
view Idaho achievement standards for this lesson
Encourage your students to use the Digital Atlas. Click on Idaho Overview, then on Wildlife. Read through the written material and click on the links to see the pictures of the animals. Students can work in small groups of 2-3 members or on an individual basis. Have your students answer the following questions. For a printable pdf copy of this handout you can give your students, just click below.
These are links to access the handouts and printable materials.
bio2ho.pdf | bio2AK.pdf | Wildlife
The sample questions below are shown in the printed handout.
1. Why did so many of the large mammal populations become so low in the earlier part of the nineteen hundreds? Have the species fully recovered?
2. Why is it important that we try to prevent species from going extinct?
3. What happened to the wolf population and why did this happen. Why are some people opposed to wolf reintroduction?
Biology: Biology Topics