Rescue Dogs

6th Grade Research and Inquiry Resources

Objectives

• Students will use the Internet to do research and inquiry on search and rescue dogs.
• Students will learn about the requirements for search and rescue dogs and how they are trained.
• Students will write a help wanted advertisement for a search and rescue dog.

Description

The page is part of the National Association for Search and Rescue Web site. It contains information about search and rescue dogs.

Suggested Activities

• Have students discuss why dogs are good at rescuing people. Have them list ways that dogs can help in rescue missions that people can not.

Level Activities

• Have the students connect to http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0301/articles/mainarticle.html. Then have students click on National Geographic Games: Working Dogs at the bottom of the page and:
Approaching complete the quiz.
On level write a few paragraphs about how dogs could be used to improve their communities.
(Beyond) Have students write a story about a day in the life of a working dog.