No Prep Spanish Animals Project

If you’re looking for a fun end of the year project for your middle school or high school Spanish classes, you’ll love this Spanish animals project! Students select an animal, research, then create their own posters with the information they’ve discovered. Low prep for you and fun for them!

Spanish Animals Project

If you’re studying animals, this no-prep Spanish animals project is a great way to have students record detailed information about a particular animal and then present the information.

Animals are a high-interest topic for many students, so it’s a great project to do at the end of the year when engagement is flagging. It also reinforces geography and Spanish-speaking countries around the world when they learn about the habitats and where the animals are from!

There are 40 Spanish animals project templates with names of animals filled in for you. You can print them off and let students choose, assign animals to research, or post the sheets as a fast finisher option to create a bulletin board or display!

Here are the animals included in the printable Spanish animals project pdf templates:

• Águila Arpía (Harpy Eagle)
• Águila real (Golden Eagle)
• Andean bear
• Avefría (lapwing)
• Axolotl
• Ballena jorobada (humpback whale)
• Cantil
• Capibara
• Carpintero puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican woodpecker)
• Cigua palmera (Palmchat)
• Coati
• Cocodrilo del Orinoco (Orinoco Crocodile)
• Condór andino (Andean Condor)
• Coquí
• Delfín rosado (Pink dolphin)
• Gamuza, rebeco (Pyrenean chamois)
• Guardabarranco, also known as a Torogoz (turquoise-browed motmot)
• Hornero común (Rufous hornero)
• Jaguar
• Jirafa (Giraffe)
• Lapa Roja, also known as la guacamaya (Scarlet Macaw)
• Lince ibérico (Iberian lynx)
• Llama
• Manatee
• Monito Del Monte
• Ocelot
• Pájaro campana (Bare-throated Bellbird)
• Perezoso (Sloth) 
• Pudú
• Quetzal
• Tepezcuintle (Lowland Paca)
• Tero  (Southern lapwing)
• Tocororo (Cuban trogon)
• Tortuga marina (sea turtle)
• Tucán de Quilla  (Keel billed toucan)
• Tunqui (Andean Cock-of-the-rock)
• Turpial venezolano (troupial)
• Vicuña
• Viringo peruano (Peruvian Inca Orchid)
• Yigüirro  (Clay colored thrush)

You can see there’s a clear emphasis on animals from Spanish-speaking countries in the list!

There is also a blank version of the template if you would like to add more animals, or let students choose an animal that is not on the list.

You can use the list of animals to assign an animal to each student, let students choose from the list, or open the options up to more animals beyond the 40 templates included – totally up to you!

The PDF file includes:

• List of animals included
• 40 B&W Templates with names filled in
• Blank Template
• Optional reverse side of the poster to add additional information, info about the country the animal is important to, and works cited

All of the pages are included in both Spanish and English. That makes it perfect for any level Spanish class. It is great for a day with a substitute teacher since students can lead themselves through the project!

Download the Spanish Animals Project

Click here to download the printable Spanish animals project PDF so you can use it with your Spanish classes!

More Spanish Animals Activities

If you’re looking for more animal activities you can do with your classes, make sure you check out the blog post here for guess who games, reading activities, and more!

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Spanish Project Ideas

If you’re looking for more project ideas, make sure to check out the list below!

• Art Projects in Spanish Class
• 17 Hispanic Heritage Month Projects
• Spanish-Speaking Countries Digital Project
• Day of the Dead Project
• Recipe Ideas for a Food Project
• Holidays and celebrations
• Spanish-Speaking Countries poster project
• Create a tour of the Spanish-speaking countries (digital)
• Explore a Spanish-speaking country
• Afro Latinos Famosos
• Famous Women throughout history
• Spanish Family Tree Project Alternative