Links to RSPCA Education lesson resources
You can find further resources on our RSPCA Education website. They are all linked to the English and Welsh curricula. You may find the following resources particularly relevant for this topic.
No whale of a time
In this activity, students examine the issues and reasons why animals become endangered or extinct. As a focus, the students consider whaling and the effects of hunting whales on whale population numbers. The students also consider the arguments for and against whaling and the reasons behind it.
Survival of the squirrels
Students examine how introduced species can affect native species. The session also identifies some important reasons why animals become endangered and analyses some of the measures used to conserve species.
Second chances
Students examine the reasons why animals become endangered or extinct and consider the advantages and disadvantages of reintroducing species back into the environment.
All at sea
In this activity, the students examine how different marine animals are adapted to where they live, and the features of predator and prey animals. The effect of human activity on their habitats and the population of the animals concerned is also discussed.
Living with badgers
The aim of this session is to consider the impact of human activity on animals and the environment and to consider ways to minimise this impact. Students consider a case study of badgers whose habitat is threatened by building development. They explore views that are not necessarily their own, in addition to expressing their own opinions.