Teaching overview
Learning points
- The axolotl has the ability to regrow limbs and heal many of its organs.
- The removal of large areas of forest, often to make space for farmland, is known as deforestation. Deforestation affects native animals severely, as it removes their habitat and food source.
- Almost all mammals give birth to live young, but the eastern long-beaked echidna does not. The female lays an egg and stores this egg in her pouch until it hatches, then looks after the young echidna in her pouch until it is old enough to leave.
Curriculum keywords
- Animals
- Deforestation
- Endangered Species
Read the story
Endangered animals don’t always look beautiful, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need our help. Let’s look at some unusual ones!
Share with students
Spark a discussion
- How does deforestation affect the animals that live in the area?
- Why do humans cut down large areas of forest if it is dangerous to the animals that live there?
- Should we try to protect endangered animals? Why or why not?
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