Activities

dogs in a cage at an animal shelter
English Language ArtsGrades 9-12

Debate Kit: Should All Companion Animals Be Spayed and Neutered?

Free Debate Kit: Exploring the Impacts of Spaying and Neutering Companion Animals The companion animal–overpopulation crisis and the importance of …

English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

Celebrate Amazing Animals with Halloween Activities

Not-So-Scary Animals: Kind Halloween Activities for Kids Blood-sucking vampires, moaning mummies, and Frankenstein’s green monster are all classic and creepy …

Seeking comfort, this cub tried to suckle while being held in an unnatural position and forced to endure touching and handling by a crowd of visitors at an event at Yellowstone Bear World. (Photo taken by a member of the public in April 2022)
Science

Bitten, Mauled, and Clawed: Why Roadside Zoo Field Trips Are Dangerous For Your Students

Teachers: Field trips to roadside zoos can be deadly for your students.

Poster for The Game Changers documentary
English Language ArtsGrades 9-12

Teaching With Film: ‘The Game Changers’ Discussion Questions

A former UFC fighter discovers an elite group of athletes proving that everything he’d been taught about protein was a lie.

aerial photograph of fenced in cows on barren dirt lots extending to horizon
Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
English Language ArtsGrades 9-12

Debate Kit: Is It Ethical to Eat Animals?

Free Debate Kit: Exploring the Ethics of Using Animals for Food A hot topic in classrooms and on the minds …

Close up of Groundhog
English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

Groundhog Day: Celebrate With Kind, Creative Activities

This Groundhog Day, Say No to Cruel Holiday Displays Groundhogs are naturally shy and sensitive prey animals who become stressed …

A skinny, chained dog stands in the cold and snow next to a frozen bucket of water.
English Language Arts

What Life Is Like When You’re a Chained Dog

Free Resources to Teach Empathy and Inspire Action for Chained, Backyard Dogs Right this second, countless dogs are chained outdoors …

Dolphin and human swimming side by side
Edge Innovations
English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

Delle the Dolphin Says: Pronouns Are Important!

Delle the dolphin teaches students that animals are someone, not something, and that all living, feeling beings—regardless of species—deserve to be treated with respect and kindness.