Endangered Species Poster Project

May 17th is Endangered Species Day. To celebrate, we’re making endangered species posters inspired by Don’t Let Them Disappear by Chelsea Clinton. Penguin Kids sent us a copy for review. I get commissions for purchases made through the affiliate links in this post.

Don’t Let Them Disappear by Chelsea Clinton

In Don’t Let Them Disappear, we learn about 12 different endangered species – giraffes, gorillas, blue whales, rhinos, pandas, whale sharks, polar bears, lions, sea otters, orangutans, tigers, and elephants. The book tells us a little bit about each animal including some fun facts and why they are endangered.

Most of the animals are endangered due to habitat loss and poaching. Humans are directly responsible. The end of the book talks about things that we can do to help the animals. Connecting to and caring about the animals is step number one. That’s where books like this come in. The illustrations are gorgeous and the text gives you just enough information to get you interested in the animal.

Endangered Species Poster Project

Don’t Let Them Disappear inspired our endangered species poster project. We created endangered animal advertisements or informational posters.

This project can work for a variety of ages. I have done similar climate change advertisements with my high school oceanography classes. I asked them to include specific details based on what we were learning.

My kids are 9, 5, and 3. Each of them created an endangered species poster appropriate for their ages.

Aiden (age 9) decided to choose an endangered animal not in the book. We were looking at lists of endangered species and snow leopards caught his attention. We printed a photo from Pixabay to use for his poster.

Then, he titled the poster “Save the Snow Leopards” and added characteristics about them. A few stickers finished off his poster.

Lily (age 5) chose two animals from the book and one of her own. She loves polar bears, tigers, and cheetahs.

We printed a photo of a polar bear and illustrations of a tiger and cheetah from Pixabay. I helped her cut out the pictures and she glued them to colored paper.

She added titles, stickers, and rainbows to her posters.

Elon (age 3) chose a giraffe for his endangered animal poster. I found a giraffe face coloring page. He colored it. I cut it out and glued it to a piece of yellow paper.

He added heart stickers and asked that I draw him a heart next to the giraffe. He colored in the heart and then carefully drew a bunch of lines all over the paper. Finally, he wanted me to write “Love Giraffes” on the top.

Making posters for endangered species is a great way to learn about the animals and help kids connect with them. The more attached we are to nature and animals, the more likely we are to protect it. It’s up to us to make changes needed to keep these animals and their habitats around.

Learn More about Endangered Species and Conservation

• A trip to the zoo is great way to learn about endangered animals and how we can help them. This post shares tips for making the most of your visit.
• Read Dinosaur Woods to begin a conservation lesson for kids. The animals in the story are about to lose their forest home. They come up with an idea to save it. What ideas do your kids have for saving the forest?
• Check out this collection of Conservation Activities for Kids.
  You’ll find book recommendations and activity ideas about animal conservation, recycling and trash, water conservation, appreciating the outdoors, and more.

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