Teaching overview

Learning points

  • The giant panda has come dangerously close to extinction because humans removed a lot of their habitat, making it hard for them to survive.
  • Giant pandas help maintain bamboo forests, which in turn provide a habitat for the panda and many other types of animal.
  • Panda reserves are protected areas of land that provide a safe habitat for the animals.

Curriculum keywords

  • Conservation
  • Habitat
  • Endangered Species

Read the story

The giant panda population has just got bigger! A panda cub has been born in Malaysia.

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Share with students

Spark a discussion

  • What caused the giant panda to become endangered?
  • Why is it important to prevent the giant panda from dying out?
  • What are people doing to protect giant pandas?

Twig Science: A Complete Pre-K–8 Program for the NGSS

Immersive Investigations with High-Quality Multimedia

  • Investigating, designing, building, and understanding phenomena
  • Hands-on, digital, video, and print investigations
  • Synchronous/asynchronous distance learning