ESL Animal Conservation

This lesson series was developed for my National Geographic Educator Certification Program. To complete the program I had to make a video explanation of the lesson aims and outcomes. You can watch the video to get a sense of the lesson by clicking the NG Capstone project link.

Aim:
Students learn about Panda Conservation then take action to create posters that raise awareness about other mistreated animals in China.

Panda Conservation Lesson
1- Pre-teach the conservation language (habitat, poacher, predator etc)
2- Reading tasks (transcript from a video)
3- Listening tasks (watch the video)
4- In depth comprehension questions about the reading and charts.
5- Discussion - Is the Panda safe from extinction?

China’s Wildlife Protection Law Lesson
1- Introduce the situation of bear bile farms, tiger farms and shark finning
2- In groups, students do independent research and create posters
3- Students share what they’ve learned with each other