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Animal Action Education

For more than 15 years, Animal Action Week has been giving young people around the world the knowledge and tools they need to take positive action on behalf of animals and our shared environment.

Coming in October 2009. Sign up now!
Educators: Register to receive IFAW’S next program materials for FREE. The Under One Sky thematic education pack will include lesson plans, worksheets, DVD video and much more, focusing on the ecological, cultural and other ways that animals are important in our shared world -- from the complex interconnections of ecosystems to the powerful bonds between animals and people.

Beneath the Waves: Protecting Marine Wildlife
Download teaching guide, student activity sheets and other free and fun resources to bring the spectacular world beneath the waves into your classroom or youth group. That watery world boasts everything from microscopic life forms to the largest animals on our planet. Sadly our oceans and the animals they contain are under more threat than ever before.  Thousands of young people, educators and families from across the U.S. have joined the IFAW Animal Action team in learning about and taking action to protect marine wildlife.

Art Contest Winners
Teachers Contest Winner
Beach Clean-up Slide Show
Adopt a Whale

Animal Action Archives
Library of FREE lesson plans and teaching resources for elementary and middle school students on many animal welfare and conservation themes.

Animal Action Week in Other Regions

Asia Pacific Canada
China Eastern Africa
France  Germany
Latin America Netherlands 
Russia Southern Africa
United Kingdom 



Animal Action Week is supported by:


And Foundation Support From:

Animal Welfare Trust

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Foundation M

Wallace Genetic Foundation Inc.