January 2007- Big Cats

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Our issues are designed to help you meet National Science Education Standards and make learning science fun. On the Web site, you will find useful, issue-related links and either an experiment or a reproducible to use with your students.

Saving Big Cats

In this issue, students will learn about four species of big cats that face threats in the wild. They will also read about a litter of cheetah cubs at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri that are giving wildlife officials hope.

Web Links:

Read an update about the cheetah cubs at the St. Louis Zoo.

Learn more about big cats.

Have students solve an online cheetah jigsaw puzzle.

Reproducible:

Download the "Big Cats Quiz" reproducible to use either as a pre-reading activity with your students or after reading the student edition to test students' comprehension of the issue.

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