Free Animal Lesson Plans & Activities for Kids

This list of wildlife and animal resources has been in the making for years! My youngest soaked up every field trip, live presentation, book, and movie I could find related to animals.

So, we have put together this list of wildlife and animal resources, which consists not only of posts and activities we have here on The Homeschool Scientist, but other freebies from around the web.

Grab our free animal report form

Wildlife Crossings lesson and STEM challenge

Bats (includes printable)

Sea Turtles (includes printable)

Elephants (includes printable)

Arctic foxes

Are Tigers Endangered?

Frogs (with free printable)  

Dusky Gopher Frog

River Otters vs. Sea Otters

Wildlife Management Activities – lesson plans from the National Park Service

Lizards & Reptiles (with free printable)

Free Explore poster resources | WWF, 

Texas Wildlife – Library of free wildlife publications for kids

Butterflies and Moths (with free printable)

Idaho Fish & Game has a library of wildlife resources to use with your children. Wildlife Express | Idaho Fish and Game

Free lessons and PDFs from the Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Ontario, Canada  

Association of Fish & Wildlife – K12 Lessons and Activity Pages

Wildlife Curriculum from Purdue University Wildlife (purdue.edu)

Wildlife Skull Activities from the Arizona Extension Service

Lessons for K-12 from Shy Wolf Sanctuary

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has some interesting lessons, including one on wildlife forensics. Virtual Teachers Lounge (pa.gov)

National Park Foundation of Lake Superior has lesson plans for K-12, mostly centered on wolves. Curriculum – Return of the Wolves, Lessons from the Wilderness (nplsf.org)

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has resources on the gopher tortoise. Gopher Tortoise Education Resources | FWC (myfwc.com)

Nebraska Games and Parks has free lessons Lesson Plans | Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (outdoornebraska.gov)

Wildlife Lesson Plans from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences –

Wildlife Lesson Plans — Extension and Outreach — Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (psu.edu)

Wildlife Center of Virginia Wildlife Lesson Plan Ideas | The Wildlife Center of Virginia

Activities and Lesson Plans from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department  Activities & Lesson Plans — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Minnesota Department of Wildlife Education – Wildlife Education Resources  – Wildlife Education | Minnesota DNR (state.mn.us)

National Park Service – Who Am I? Lesson Who Am I? (A lesson on animals and their habitats) – Teachers (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife – Wild Washington Lesson Plans

Lots of marine science lesson plans from the Wyland Foundation.

San Diego Zoo educational resources

Animals Need Forests Too – Lesson PDF from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point