Elementary grades
For the Birds! Activities to Replace Chick Hatching in the K-6 Classroom
Each year, many elementary school teachers undertake chick-hatching projects. These classroom exercises often produce unintended, sometimes harmful, results. "For the Birds!" is a 20-page booklet that offers alternatives to classroom chick hatching and includes a list of useful resources and humane education materials. For more information, go to http://www.nahee.org/
US Fish & Wildlife Service. For students of all ages. Explore and learn about fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats and how you can help conserve, protect, and enhance them. http://educators.fws.gov/students.html
American Veterinary Medical Association. Animal care activity section for children. Worksheets to promote responsible pet ownership. http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/kidscorner/default.asp
Dog Bites - How Much Do You Know? Six True or False statements with answers. By Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Kanab Utah. http://www.bestfriends.org/atthesanctuary/humaneeducation/crbitequiz.cfm
Lesson plans (such as Safety Around Animals), activities (such as Art Project - Pet Overpopulation Scroll) , publications, and links. By Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Kanab Utah. http://www.bestfriends.org/atthesanctuary/humaneeducation/classroomresources.cfm
The Fund for Animals' Learning Zone for kids. Coloring books, comic books, and stories about animals. http://www.fundforanimals.org/learning/kids.asp
The Fund for Animals' Learning Zone for teachers. Pamphlets, newspapers, teaching aids, and information for students. http://www.fundforanimals.org/learning/teachers.asp
Share the World. Reproducible activities, teacher's guide, full-color wall poster & video designed for students in grades 3-5. By Share The World. www.sharetheworld.com
TeachKind is a group of educators, school administrators, librarians, students, and community members devoted to teaching students compassion, empathy, and responsibility toward animals. TeachKind serves as a resource to aid educators in teaching kindness toward animals and to help schools become animal-friendly. http://www.teachkind.org/
Middle School & High School
The Science Bank: Humane Science Education Projects A free lending program of humane products that enable educators to teach and students to learn anatomy, physiology, and psychology lessons without harming animals, themselves, or the Earth. Call (800) 729-2287 or visit http://www.animalearn.org
US Fish & Wildlife Service. For students of all ages. Explore and learn about fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats and how you can help conserve, protect, and enhance them. http://educators.fws.gov/students.html
American Veterinary Medical Association. Information on caring for animals, and the veterinary profession. http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/CFAsiteindex.asp
Job Opportunities in Animal Control - information for high school students who participate in career day. http://www.nacanet.org/occupy.html
The Fund for Animals' Learning Zone for teens. Comic books, pamphlets, newspapers, and information for teenage students. http://www.fundforanimals.org/learning/teens.asp
The Fund for Animals' Learning Zone for teachers. Pamphlets, newspapers, teaching aids, and information for students.http://www.fundforanimals.org/learning/teachers.asp
The Humane Society of the United States' site for teens. Projects, information on issues, ideas for teens. http://www.humaneteen.org/
Humane Education Loan Program (HELP)
The HSUS operates a loan program to provide students and educators with up-to-date alternatives to classroom animal dissection and live animal experimentation. The program is a way to help those who object to dissection and to encourage the adoption of humane alternatives in the classroom. These materials are appropriate for middle school, high school and college levels. http://www.hsus.org/ace/11378
TeachKind is a group of educators, school administrators, librarians, students, and community members devoted to teaching students compassion, empathy, and responsibility toward animals. TeachKind serves as a resource to aid educators in teaching kindness toward animals and to help schools become animal-friendly. http://www.teachkind.org/