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By the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify key facts about snow leopards, including their habitat, behavior, and conservation status.

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What makes snow leopards unique and why is their conservation important?

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Teacher will present an overview of snow leopards, including their physical characteristics and their role in the ecosystem.

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Students will work in small groups to analyze the habitat of snow leopards using provided maps and discuss the challenges they face.

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Students will create a fact sheet about snow leopards, summarizing what they have learned during the lesson.

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Known throughout the world for its beautiful fur and elusive behavior, the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is found in the rugged mountains of Central Asia.

Snow leopards are perfectly adapted to the cold, barren landscape of their high-altitude home, but human threats have created an uncertain future for the cats. Despite a range of over 2 million km2, scientist estimate that there may only be between 3,920 and 6,390 snow leopards left in the wild.

Snow Leopard Biology

Solo traveller: the snow leopard is usually solitary and highly elusive

Crepuscular: dawn and dusk are the cat's most active times

Living large: some snow leopards have home ranges of up to 1,000 square kilometers

Single moms: for about 18 months, females raise their cubs - all alone

Cold and dry: the snow leopard primarily lives in arid, barren mountain areas

Gentle: snow leopards are not known to be aggressive toward humans

Carnivorous: the cat's main prey are ibex, argali and blue sheep

Scientific name and origin

Panthera uncia (previously: Uncia uncia)

The genus name, Uncia, is derived from the Old French word once, which was originally used for the European lynx. The snow leopard is still occasionally called ounce.

In its native lands, the snow leopard is known under many names, including as "wāwrīn pṛāng" (Pashto: واورين پړانګ‎), "shan" (Ladakhi), "zigsa" (Tibetan), "irves" (Mongolian: ирвэс), "bars" or "barys" (Kazakh: барыс [ˈbɑrəs]), "ilbirs" (Kyrgyz: Илбирс), "barfānī chītā" (Hindi, Urdu: برفانی چیتا), palang-e barfi (Dari: پلنگ برفی) and "him tendua" (Sanskrit, Hindi: हिम तेन्दुआ).

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Known throughout the world for its beautiful fur and elusive behavior, the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is found in the rugged mountains of Central Asia. Snow leopards are perfectly adapted to the cold, barren landscape of their high-altitude home, but human threats have created an uncertain future for the cats.

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Students will research and debate the importance of conserving snow leopards. Use Padlet to organize arguments and share resources.

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Scientists split over snow leopard status

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Scientists are divided on whether snow leopards are still endangered species, a BBC investigation finds.

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Students will write a short paragraph answering: 'What is the most surprising fact you learned about snow leopards today and why?'

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Paragraphs are medium-sized units of writing, longer than sentences, but shorter than sections, chapters, or entire…

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A short quiz with questions on snow leopard facts, habitat, and conservation efforts.

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Take our short quiz and see how much of a Snow leopard expert you are. Don’t forget to share your results afterwards and show the world!

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Students will share their thoughts on the lesson and discuss how they can contribute to wildlife conservation.

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Training wildlife vets & conservationists to sustain positive change

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Together, the class will summarize the key points learned about snow leopards using a digital whiteboard.

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The 6 best online whiteboards for collaboration | Zapier

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Whether you’re a remote team looking for ways to collaborate or brainstorming in person, these online whiteboards will help your team share ideas.

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Students will research another endangered species and prepare a short presentation for the next class.

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In-press articles are listed online shortly after acceptance. Prepress abstracts are also made available. These have not yet been fully checked and copyedited and are therefore subject to change before actual publication. The article is however citable as "in press", using the DOI.

Articles

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D'Alberto BM, Clark-Shen N, Tingting KX, Green ME, Hutchinson N, Chin A, Simpfendorfer CA
Preliminary life history of the Critically Endangered bottlenose wedgefish Rhynchobatus australiae from Southeast Asia
Prepress abstract | Global status of wedgefish and guitarfish

N 1311
Groeneveld MJ, Klein JD, Bennett RH, Abdulla AS, Bond ME, Ebert DA, Fernando SM, Gledhill KS, Jaquemet S, Kiszka JJ, Macdonald AHH, Mann BQ, Nevill J, Price AS, Rumbelow J, Sitoe JJ, van Staden M, Wueringer BE, Bester-van der Merwe AE
Population genetic structure of the bottlenose and whitespotted wedgefishes ( Rhynchobatus) from the Southwest Indian Ocean using a dual marker approach
Prepress abstract | Global status of wedgefish and guitarfish

N 1313
Hanna J, Hazeres J, Wilson R, Koch SS
Observations of reproductive behaviors in the Critically Endangered bowmouth guitarfish ( Rhina ancylostoma)
Prepress abstract | Global status of wedgefish and guitarfish

N 1321
Hobday AJ, van Putten EI, Cvitanovic C, Dunlop M, Fossette S, Ison S, Richards SA, Thomas L, Tuohy P, Annand-Jones R, Tucker T, Whiting S
Flatback futures-evaluating conservation interventions to reduce threats to an endemic Australian turtle
Prepress abstract | Managing flatback turtles for the future
last update: February 29, 2024

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Complete a worksheet on snow leopard facts and vocabulary.