MERLOT Materials

By creating and designing a new species, students learn how animals are adapted to survive in particular habitats.

Explore the importance of biodiversity and how observing variation in the beak shape of Galapagos finches helped Darwin... see more

Working in medical teams, students balance competing priorities for the conservation of an endangered species and devise... see more

Students will explore the impacts that invasive species may have on native species and habitats, and will investigate... see more

Explore the life cycles of a variety of species groups, from plants and mammals to amphibians and reptiles, and... see more

Students engage in a hands-on, active lesson about food chains in a marine environment, predator‐prey relationships and... see more

Guess Zoo is a fun animal guessing game that can be used to introduce or support several lesson themes, for example... see more

Students will learn about how different animals and plants are adapted to surviving in arid habitats. Students will... see more

Students explore why animals communicate with one another and the different methods used. Students develop key science... see more

Students explore the different survival strategies animals in temperate regions employ in order to survive through the... see more

Through an exploration of endangered species and conservation issues, students are transformed into ‘endangered species... see more

After learning about endangered species and conservation, students design and create a museum exhibit sharing their... see more

Following an exploration of endangered species and conservation issues, students develop their understanding of key... see more

Explore the importance of biodiversity and how observing variation in the beak shape of Galapagos finches helped Darwin... see more

Learn more about species variation and the use of identification keys by scientists.

Get crafty this Easter with our hands-on Endangered Animal Easter Egg activity. Using ARKive’s vast treasury of images... see more

Introduce students to the concept of endangered species through a fun game of Endangered Species Bingo.

Explore how different species are adapted to their way of life, and how common characteristics are used to classify them... see more

Students will explore measurement data for a range of species found in the African savannah. Students will identify the... see more

Students will learn about how humans can have negative impacts on the environment and endangered species. They will be... see more

Students will learn about how humans can have negative impacts on the environment and endangered species. They will be... see more

Use this species identification key to identify some of the world’s most amazing sharks and rays.

Investigate a famous case study for evolution - the peppered moth.

Students learn the definition of an opposable thumb, explore the variety of species with this trait and, through a fun,... see more