Celebrate Pennsylvania Mammals

Can you bugle like a bull elk? What is the difference between a rabbit and a hare? How many species of fox live in Pennsylvania? Explore these questions and more with our Celebrate Pennsylvania Mammal lessons and activities below. Wildlife on WiFi resources support Pennsylvania State Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology.

Activities and Lessons

• Enormous Elk Activity (PDF); Black Bear adaptation (PDF), courtesy of Idaho Project WILD
• Recreate the Gait Lesson Plan for grades 3-9 (PDF)
• Common Pennsylvania Mammal Tracks (PDF)
• Fur! Lesson Plan and Slide Notes for grades 3-8 (PDFs)
• White-tailed Deer Basics Lesson Plan and Notes (PDFs)
• Species Fact Sheet - Bats (PDF)
• Bonkers for Bats Lesson Plan (PPT)
• Bonkers for Bats Student Worksheet (PDF)
• Bonkers for Bats Student Worksheet w/ answers (PDF)
  
• Bonkers for Bats Vocabulary Sheet (PDF)
• Bonkers for Bats Vocabulary Sheet w/ Answers (PDF)
• Spooky Skeletons Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Mammals of Pa Crossword and Crossword Answer Sheet
  
• Pennsylvania Wildlife Coloring Book for grades K–3 (PDF)
• All About Elk for grades K–6 (PPT)
• Elk SMART Going the Distance Activity and Answers for K–6 (PDFs)
• Home Sweet Home! A simple game to identify animal homes for grades K–6 (PDF)
• Antlers vs. Horns – Lesson Plan, Student Worksheet, and Answer Sheet for grades 3–6 (PDFs)
• Elk Crossword Puzzle and Puzzle Answers for grades 3–6 (PDFs)
  
• All About Elk Wheel craft for grades 3–5 (PDF)
  
• Pennsylvania Envirothon Wildlife Study Session 1
• Pennsylvania Envirothon Wildlife Study Session 2
• Pennsylvania Envirothon Wildlife Study Session 3

Videos and Watchable Wildlife

• New! Elk Story Map – The Pennsylvania Elk Rut
• The Search for the Allegheny Woodrat for grades 6–12 (3:30 video)
• Winter Bat Hibernaculum Survey for grades 6–12 (1:47 video)
• Mammal Skull Identification Video for grades 6–12 (24:53)
• Wildlife Storytime: Fawn at Woodland Way by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld for grades K–3 (6:28 video)
• Wildlife Storytime: Bats by Gail Gibbons for grades K–3 (10:36 video)
• Elk Live Stream Lesson for grades 5–12 (PDF)
• A webinar on Pennsylvania mammals for grades 6–12, in partnership with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (1-hour video)   
• Black Bears: Science of Wildlife Management for grades 6–12 (2:48 video)
• Black Bear Mange: Science of Wildlife Management for grades 6–12 (2:25 video)
• 2020 Elk Country Live Stream

Wildlife on WiFi

Our vision is to connect Pennsylvania residents to their state’s wildlife from anywhere. To achieve this, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s award-winning Wildlife on WiFi program provides innovative online learning opportunities, virtual lessons and educational resources about wildlife and its conservation.