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Summary

The “Save the Lynx” Zine helps kids explore the following questions 

  • What is special about the Iberian Lynx? 
  • Why are they endangered? 
  • Who is helping? 
  • How can we help?

Connections to Other Resources

This zine is the primary text for our “Save the Lynx” project. Kids learn all about this endangered cat and how we can use cork to help save this Lynx.  Kids also learn about how scientists used curiosity to help experiment and ensure this cat did not become extinct. 

Overview

Life Habit Focus: Curiosity

Subject: ELA, Science, Art

Grade: K-2

Aligned Standards

Common Core Reading (CCSS):

  • Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades K-2.
  • Listening and Speaking Standards SL1-SL6.

NGSS Standards: 

  • K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. 
  • K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
  • 1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
  • 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
  • NGSS SEP: Asking questions,  developing models. 
  • NGSS CC: Cause and effect, structure and function, stability and change.

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