Teacher Lesson Plans

The Saint Louis Zoo Education Department has developed a series of lesson plans for classroom science teachers. These lesson plans cover a range of animal-related subjects, including natural selection, ecology and taxonomy.

Teachers are welcome to download and print any and all lesson plans from the list below. At the moment these plans are targeted to middle school teachers, though we will be adding more lessons as time goes on. Check back periodically for additional activities.

Comments or questions on any lesson plan can be directed to Lisa Berman, Zoo Education Department, (314) 781-0900, ext. 754 or Berman@stlzoo.org.

Lesson Plans by Theme:

Characteristics of Living Organisms

• Classif. of Vertebrates (24K pdf)
• Biodiversity by the Numbers (50K pdf)

Conservation

• Grevy's Zebra Webquest (32K pdf)
• Madagascar Webquest (31K pdf)
  

Populations and Ecosystems

• Decomposition Column (26K pdf)
• Introduction to Natural Selection: Darwin and Lamarck (132K pdf)
• The Farmer and Her Flies: A Study in Natural Selection (42K pdf)
• The Otter Game (1.3M pdf)