Kakapo Rescue: Saving The Worlds Strangest Parrot

Fun Classroom Activities

	Photography by Nic Bishop

Teachers! Take your class on an expedition to New Zealand to learn more about Kakapos, other animals, geography, writing and more! Use these activities to enrich your students’ learning.

These activities may be used in the following sequence or used separately, as desired. Permission is granted to teachers to copy all worksheets for classroom use only. These activities were designed by Sharon R. Strock, teacher grade 5, of Worthington, Ohio.

• Web of Ideas
• What is a Kakapo?
• Meet the Kakapo!
• Tracking Animal Imports
• Kakapo and Other Endangered Species
• Exploring the Kakapo Population
• Kakapo: Looking Toward the Future
• Kakapo — Then and Now
• Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot Vocabulary
• Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot Vocabulary (Example)
• Taking a Look at Figurative Language
• Kakapo Food Chains
• Kakapo Food Chains Answer Key
• Taking Care of the Kakapo

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