Overview

What are the effects of human interaction with wild animals?

This unit gives students the opportunity to learn everything they want to know about big cats of various kinds from across the world: from Africa’s lions and black panthers to North American cougars, to the tigers of Asia, and Central America’s jaguars. The unit’s essential question — What are the effects of human interaction with wild animals? — leads students to consider the impacts of habitat destruction and environmental changes on big cats and other animals, as well as those engaged in addressing these challenges.