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Wildlife Education

If you’re looking to add more wildlife into your lesson plans, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve gathered fact sheets, lesson plans, activity books, teaching guides, and more to help you teach your students about Minnesota’s wildlife.

Facts about Minnesota’s wildlife

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  • Minnesota’s animals
  • Rare Species Guide
  • Minnesota’s pollinators
  • Wild Bees in Minnesota
  • Minnesota's birds
  • Wildlife success stories

 

Teaching guides and lesson plans

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  • Project WILD
  • National Wildlife Federation lesson plans
  • Minnesota Association of Environmental Education resource library
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service classroom materials
  • Young Naturalist articles and teaching guides
  • Audubon Adventures
  • Minnesota Master Naturalist Explorers

 

Bring wildlife into your classroom

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  • EagleCam
  • FalconCam
  • Wild and Rare Species activity booklet
  • Scientific and Natural Areas coloring book
  • Interactive bird song poster
  • Big-Eared bat finger puppet
  • The Raptor Center’s Reading with Raptors series
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