Classroom Resources

This Click & Learn shows that keystone species exist across a variety of ecosystems and can exert their influence in different ways.

This activity guides the analysis of a published scientific figure from a study that investigated annual global losses in forests over time.

This interactive module allows students to use DNA profiling and related biological concepts to solve two cases of elephant poaching.

This video follows the work of scientists conducting the first census of African savanna elephants in over 40 years and the methods they are using to obtain accurate, up-to-date numbers across the continent.

This interactive module explores methods used to survey large animal populations, and what they have revealed about the current state of the African elephant population.

This video follows conservation biologist Leeanne Alonso as she surveys ant species in Gorongosa National Park to monitor the health of the park’s ecosystems.

In this video, biologists Piotr Naskrecki and Jennifer Guyton identify and record the diversity of species in Gorongosa National Park’s Cheringoma Plateau.

This video describes how scientists in Gorongosa National Park are using GPS satellite collars and motion-sensitive cameras to gather data about the recovery of the park’s lion population.

This activity explores conservation biology topics presented in the short film The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa. This film tells the story of Tonga Torcida, a young man who discovers his passion for science in the newly revitalized Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.

This interactive map of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique explores different features of the park’s ecosystem and conservation strategy.

This film is set in war-torn Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, a protected area that has been the subject of a large-scale restoration project. The film tells the story of a young man from the local community who discovers a passion for science after meeting world-renowned biologist E.O. Wilson.