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Engaging Students in Conservation
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NCSS
III. People, Places, and Environments
IV. Global Connections
NAAEE
2.2 The Living Environment (Organisms,
populations, and communities; systems and
connections)
2.3 Humans and Their Societies (global
connections; culture; change and conflict)
2.4 Environment and Society (human/environment
interactions; environmental issues)
3.1 Skills for Analyzing and Investigating
Environmental Issues (sorting out the consequences
of issues; identifying and evaluating
alternative solutions and courses of action)
Materials/Preparation - Days 1 and 2
Teacher reading: A Day in the Life of a Herder
(Optional) Materials corresponding to
teacher instructions provided in Day in the
Life simulation: small bell, coats, hats, pretzels,
hummus, sweetened tea, index cards
Student readings: Goals 1-4, 1 per group of
3-4 students
Handout: Creating Solutions, 1 per student
Handout: Skit Graphic Organizer, 1 per
student
Skit Assessment Rubric
Ball of yarn
Snow Leopard Connections Cards (use
tape to stick to shirts or make into necklaces
with yarn), 8 total
CHARLES DYE
What’s the Plan?
Activity – Day 1
Introduction: A Day in the Life of a
Herder (5-10 minutes)
1. Ask students to recall from the previous
lesson (“It Takes All Kinds of People”)
information about nomadic herders in
the Himalayas. How do they make a
living? What is their life like?
2. Tell students that they are going to get a
better idea of the daily life of a livestock
herder in Mongolia.
3. Read through the simulation, A Day in
the Life of a Herder.
• (Optional) Follow the teacher instructions
provided inside brackets to bring
the simulation to life.
Core Activity: Developing Solutions
(30-40 minutes)
1. Tell students that they are going to
read about specific issues affecting
snow leopards and humans that inhabit
the same land. Then they will devise
sustainable solutions that protect both
snow leopards and humans.
2. Explain to them that a sustainable
solution is a long-lasting one that
considers the environment, society
(people), and the economy. Therefore,
if a solution supports humans, but does
not support snow leopards, it is not
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