Activities and Lessons
- Enormous Elk Activity (PDF); Black Bear adaptation (PDF), courtesy of Idaho Project WILD
- Recreate the Gait Lesson Plan for grades 3-9 (PDF)
- Common Pennsylvania Mammal Tracks (PDF)
- Fur! Lesson Plan and Slide Notes for grades 3-8 (PDFs)
- White-tailed Deer Basics Lesson Plan and Notes (PDFs)
- Species Fact Sheet - Bats (PDF)
- Bonkers for Bats Lesson Plan (PPT)
- Bonkers for Bats Student Worksheet (PDF)
- Bonkers for Bats Student Worksheet w/ answers (PDF)
- Bonkers for Bats Vocabulary Sheet (PDF)
- Bonkers for Bats Vocabulary Sheet w/ Answers (PDF)
- Spooky Skeletons Lesson Plan (PDF)
- Mammals of Pa Crossword and Crossword Answer Sheet
- Pennsylvania Wildlife Coloring Book for grades K–3 (PDF)
- All About Elk for grades K–6 (PPT)
- Elk SMART Going the Distance Activity and Answers for K–6 (PDFs)
- Home Sweet Home! A simple game to identify animal homes for grades K–6 (PDF)
- Antlers vs. Horns – Lesson Plan, Student Worksheet, and Answer Sheet for grades 3–6 (PDFs)
- Elk Crossword Puzzle and Puzzle Answers for grades 3–6 (PDFs)
- All About Elk Wheel craft for grades 3–5 (PDF)
- Pennsylvania Envirothon Wildlife Study Session 1
- Pennsylvania Envirothon Wildlife Study Session 2
- Pennsylvania Envirothon Wildlife Study Session 3
Videos and Watchable Wildlife
- New! Elk Story Map – The Pennsylvania Elk Rut
- The Search for the Allegheny Woodrat for grades 6–12 (3:30 video)
- Winter Bat Hibernaculum Survey for grades 6–12 (1:47 video)
- Mammal Skull Identification Video for grades 6–12 (24:53)
- Wildlife Storytime: Fawn at Woodland Way by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld for grades K–3 (6:28 video)
- Wildlife Storytime: Bats by Gail Gibbons for grades K–3 (10:36 video)
- Elk Live Stream Lesson for grades 5–12 (PDF)
- A webinar on Pennsylvania mammals for grades 6–12, in partnership with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (1-hour video)
- Black Bears: Science of Wildlife Management for grades 6–12 (2:48 video)
- Black Bear Mange: Science of Wildlife Management for grades 6–12 (2:25 video)
- 2020 Elk Country Live Stream
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