Download these classroom activities, developed with our ROAR partner organizations, to raise awareness of wildlife and conservation issues with your students.

• Create your own action plan: Instructions for participating in the How Do You ROAR? Contest
  
• Pledge of Action: Create a pledge to carry out an environmentally-friendly action, developed in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation.
  
• Eco-Region Reporters: Write and present “Earth Day Alert” news segments on priority eco-regions, developed in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund.
  
• Save the Earth: Find creative ways to “Save the Earth” in your own backyards, developed in partnership with the Earthwatch Institute.
  
• Rebirth the Earth: Trees for Tomorrow: Help people, animals, and the environment by joining the newest Roots and Shoots Youth Campaign, developed in partnership with Roots and Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute.

Use the following resources to track the latest news about wildlife and the environment, and find additional related curriculum ideas.

News

•  “News & Views” from the NWF website
  http://www.nwf.org/news/
  
• Wildlife News from the WWF Newsroom
  http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/
  
• News/Events from Roots & Shoots
  http://www.rootsandshoots.org/newsevents
  
• Discovery News (see Animals and Planet Earth categories)
  http://dsc.discovery.com/news/news.html
  
• Environmental News Network
  http://www.enn.com/

Additional Resources

• Ranger Rick Educator Guides, from the National Wildlife Federation
  http://www.nwf.org/rangerrickguide/
  
• National Wildlife, online magazine of the National Wildlife Federation
  http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/
  
• Roots & Shoots’ “Tools & Tips” for Educators
  http://www.rootsandshoots.org/educators/tools
  
• Smithsonian National Zoological Park – Educators’ Page
  http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Audiences/Educators