Heat Endangers Animals in Mexico

That's News to Me

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring modified content from The Associated Press, students read about how a heat wave in Mexico affected animals in the wild and at zoos. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions, photos, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
animals
Mexico

Vocabulary

drought
preoccupied
popsicle
ailing
species
dehydrated
nutrition
thaw
skin
innards
A spinning paper plane