Careers With Animals Life Science STEM Activities Bundle

A must-have for any animal science, life sciences, or biology teacher! This Careers With Animals bundle includes everything you need to incorporate animal-related STEM careers and fun activities in your classroom. The Careers With Animals Life Science Bundle includes a mix of in-person and distance learning resources:

1. Animal Behaviors 5E Lesson, Charades Game, and Powerpoint (distance learning or in-person) Do you know what it means when a dog rolls over on its belly or shows its teeth? Learn how to interpret common animal behaviors with this fun lesson, game and animal behaviors presentation.

2. Lesson Plan & Role Play Game: How to safely approach an unfamiliar dog (distance learning or in-person) In this lesson, students will work as kennel managers to learn about safety when encountering an unfamiliar dog. Students will watch a video to learn the safest ways to approach an animal, and will practice what they learn in a fun role play game!

3. Build a bird feeder! Winter habitats and resource availability lesson (distance learning or in-person) Acting as wildlife conservationists, students will participate in a kinesthetic story, build their own bird feeders, and select a spot to put them outside.

4. Animal Industry and Careers With Animals Webquest (distance learning) Where is the closest animal rescue to your school? What does a bioacoustics researcher do? Explore the animal industry in your state, and careers with animals in this fun and interactive Webquest!

5. Fish and Game Warden: protecting ecosystems game and endangered species project (in person) Through an interactive activity, students explore what a Fish and Game Warden does, and how they maintain the ‘web of life’. Students will then act as Fish and Game Wardens to devise a protection plan for an endangered species of their choice.

6. Animal Mating Calls and Vocalization Lesson: the sounds of love (distance learning or in-person) In this lesson, students act as bioacoustic researchers, rotating through five stations to listen to and analyze animal mating calls. Students then read supporting information regarding each animal to deduce the reproductive purpose of the vocalization.

7. Bizarre Animal Science Lesson Plan: the mystery of the supercow (in person) In this lesson, students will act as animal scientists to research the bizarre Belgian Blue Cattle. Students will examine genetic factors influencing growth to determine how animal scientists have developed this massive and bizarre-looking animal.

8. Careers With Animals Posters Set of 3 online STEM activities (distance learning or in-person) From Animal Scientist to Zoologist, this fun poster displays nine interesting careers for animal lovers, with an illustration-style ‘person’ to represent that career, summary of what the career entails, salary, required education, soft skills, hard skills, and links to FREE matching online exploration resources.

9. Wildlife STEM Challenge (distance learning) The Wildlife STEM Challenge is a self-guided distance learning mini course for teens to explore careers related to wildlife through fun online activities and offline projects.

134 pages of life science STEM fun for you and your students at a great price!

Grades: 6-9 / available on Teachers Pay Teachers

“If you teach middle school STEM, do yourself a favor and get this bundle. Its high interest and engaging lesson plans keep in mind the middle school mind set. I love everything I’ve gotten from Careers in STEM!” Jenifer Bratchie