🐺 Coyote report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the coyote page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the coyote
Canis latrans · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 16 to 20 in (41 to 51 cm) |
| Weight | 25 to 35 lb (11 to 16 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 6 years |
Read about it
Coyotes look like thin gray dogs with big ears. They yip and howl at night. Some live in deserts, and some even live in cities.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/coyote.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the coyote
Canis latrans · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 16 to 20 in (41 to 51 cm) |
| Weight | 25 to 35 lb (11 to 16 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 6 years |
Read about it
A coyote eats almost anything, from mice and rabbits to insects and berries, so it can live in deserts, forests, farms and even big cities. Coyotes yip, bark and howl, and just a few together can sound like a whole crowd. A mother and father raise their pups in a den, and the pups grow up learning from their family.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/coyote.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the coyote
Canis latrans · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 16 to 20 in (41 to 51 cm) |
| Weight | 25 to 35 lb (11 to 16 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 6 years |
Read about it
Coyotes are very good at adapting, which is why they now live across nearly all of North America. Their big ears and sharp noses help them find food, and a coyote can hear a mouse moving under the snow. Coyotes sometimes hunt side by side with badgers, an unusual team-up between two kinds of animals. Near towns, coyotes are shy of people, so it is best to watch from far away and never feed them.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/coyote.htm, checked 2026-10-30