Endangered Animal Pathfinder

Endangered Animal Pathfinder

If you were to do a simple Google search for Endangered Animals, you would be overwhelmed with the amount of information. Here is a list of valuable, credible resources on Endangered Animals to help you with your research.

Key Search Terms:

· Endangered

· Extinct

· Conservation

· Wildlife

· Species

· Once you use these search terms, you can search for your animal.

Web Resources:

A great place to start is at www.infohio.org

Use the following databases to help you with your research:

· World Book Kids

· Searchasaurus

Animal Planet (http://animal.discovery.com/)

Includes Animal Guides and Animal cams. Also provides sound and video clips.

Kids’ Planet (http://www.kidsplanet.org/)

This website has information on different types of animals and the environment. It teaches you ways that you can help defend the environment.

National Geopgraphic Kids (http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/)

This website contains a variety of different ways for kids to learn about endangered species and animals in general. There are fun facts, games, pictures and videos.

Endangered! (http://www.amnh.org/)

Endangered! is a website brought to you by the American Museum of Natural History. It goes in-depth into the endangered animals exhibit at the museum so that you can see it without actually going there. It has an interactive map, as well as pictures and descriptions of each exhibit.

PBS: Nature (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/)

This is a website geared towards older kids. It has full episodes of the Nature special that was featured on PBS. It also has an area for teachers.

Zoboomafoo (http://pbskids.org/zoboo/)

Zoboomafoo is a popular show on PBS Kids that features the Kratt Brothers. The website is interactive and contains games and songs as well as a "Creature Feature" for each week.

Bagheera (http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/vanishing.htm)

This website could be interesting to older children, but it is also set up so that younger children can use it easily. It only has some specific species of endangered animals to research, but they are well thought out and it is easy to use.

Earth's Endangered Creatures (http://www.earthsendangered.com/index_s.asp)

EEC is a very useful website. The content is presented in an easy to use way (animals are listed by continent) so that older children or younger children are able to use it.

Books: Remember books are organized by subject so if you visit the public library, you will need to look in these areas of non-fiction.

574.529 (Endangered Animals)

591 (Animals of the World)

333.95 (Why we need to save/study Endangered Animals)