Activities, Lesson Plans, and Links for Learning!
Teachers and students, you can practice some of the same science practices and processes as the scientists in the Conservation Tales books while you do science related to species in the stories.  Use the links below to visit pages with citizen science and hands-on science activities!

Teachers, the activities found are designed using "3D Science Teaching" and the NGSS Standards.
​See your copy of Conservation Tales for alignment with the Next Generation Science Standards. 

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Midwest Series -
Based on work in Great Lakes area

CT: The Cerulean Warbler
​Featured:  FeederWatch!

• NestWatch
• The Great Backyard Bird Count
• eBird
• The Big Sit

​CT: Bats
​Featured: Bat Behavior Inquiry

• Build a Bat's Ear 
• Bat Box Observation Sheet

​CT: Bees
Featured: Bumblebee Watch!

• The Great Sunflower Project 
• Discover Life -Build a Bee House 
• ​​Make your own bee houses​
• Build a Bee House

​CT: Salamanders
Featured: FrogWatch 

• HerpMapper.org
• Terrestrial Salamander Monitoring 
• AmphibiaWeb 
• Frog Call Lookup 
• MidWest PARC ​

Midwest Series 2 -
​Based on work in Great Lakes area

CT: Monarch Butterflies
Featured: ​Royal Butterfly Family Card Game

• ​Identify a Butterfly
• Butterfly Life Cycles
• Mapping Butterflies

​CT: Invasive Carp
Featured: ​Share your Fish Data!

• Water Watchers
• Practice Your Scales
    Lesson Plan       Student Handout
• Lake Mapping
    ​Lesson Plan       Student Handout

Junior Series -
​Revised for readers in Grades PreK-2

​CT Junior: Bats 
​CT Junior: Bees
See the activities for CT: Bats and CT: Bees above

Florida Keys Series -
​Based on work on Sommerland Key

CT: Corals
Featured: Assessing Coral Bleaching

• Let's See Ocean Acidification 
• What is a coral "skeleton" made of? ​​
• Greenhouse Effect Experiment 
• Carbon Footprint Calculator 

​CT: Coral Reef Ecosystem
Featured: Greenhouse Effect Experiment 

• Let's See Ocean Acidification 
• Give Reefs a Chance 
• Coral Reef Game 
• Carbon Footprint Calculator 

Gulf Coast Series -
Based on work in western Florida

CT: Manatees
Featured:  Manatee Match ​

• Manatee Tracker 
• Eye in the Sky! Aerial Survey Data 
• What's Your Footprint?

​CT: Seahorses
Featured: iSeahorse 

• Inquire with iSeahorse 
• ​Shopping for Seahorses 
• Seahorse Sink or Swim

CT: Sea Turtles
Featured: Sea Turtle Trackers​​

• Plastic Patrol
• Sea Turtle Energy Pyramid
• Turtle Detective​ ​

Africa Series -
Based on work in East Africa

CT: Giraffes
Featured: ​Spotting Giraffes

• ​What's Your Footprint? 
• Giraffe Tracker
     (PDF) (Word Template)

​CT: Elephants
Featured: ​It's In the Ears!

• What's Your Footprint? 
• Elephant Trails
• ​​Elephant-Friendly Shopping

Asia Series -
​Based on work in Sumatra and eastern Russia

CT: Tigers
Featured: ​Forest Eye Spy!

• ​Earn Your Stripes
• Wildlife Watch
• Forest Mapping

​CT: Orangutans
Featured: Wildlife Watch!

• Drones for Science
• Forest Mapping
• Plastic Patrol

Central America Series -
​Based on work in Costa Rica

CT: Sloths
Featured: ​What's That Smell?
            Teacher Guide      Student Handout

• ​Trail of the Sloth
• "Jungle Jeopardy"  simulation
• How Many Trees? 

​CT: Macaws
Featured: Feather Detective

• NestWatch
• Bird Song Hero
• The Great Backyard Bird Count

Guide Reading Questions

Help students read for comprehension! These Guided Reading materials will help readers look for important content in the stories. Includes both Teacher and Student guides.

CT Bees             Teacher     Student  
CT Manatees     Teacher     Student  
CT Seahorses   Teacher     Student  

Coloring Pages

Here are two NEW coloring pages you can download and print for the kids!  Each coloring page includes info about conservation of either songbirds or bats. These were produced by graphic designer Brooke Gabrek York in PDF format.

• ​Cerulean Warbler 
• Bats ​

Manatee Match!

Manatee Match is a card matching game that lets learners practice observation and identification skills using the same tool as manatee researchers in Florida! Download a Teacher Guide and Student Handout here, or order a set of Manatee Match cards!

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¡CT en Español!

NEW!
The Central America Series books are also available in Spanish! Watch for more books to be translated soon!

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