🦁 Lion report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the lion page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the lion
Panthera leo · Grades 1–2
| Length | 8.5 to 11 ft (2.6 to 3.5 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 3.5 to 4 ft (1.1 to 1.2 m) |
| Weight | 414 lb (188 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 16 years |
Read about it
Lions live in families called prides. The big males have a shaggy mane. Lions sleep a lot in the daytime.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2015 (Listing Two Lion Subspecies), federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/23/2015-31958/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-two-lion-subspecies, checked 2026-10-30
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Lion, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/lion, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the lion
Panthera leo · Grades 3–4
| Length | 8.5 to 11 ft (2.6 to 3.5 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 3.5 to 4 ft (1.1 to 1.2 m) |
| Weight | 414 lb (188 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 16 years |
Read about it
A pride is a family of lionesses, their cubs, and one or a few males. The lionesses usually hunt together, working as a team. A lion's roar is so loud it can be heard far across the grassland.
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
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2015 (Listing Two Lion Subspecies), federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/23/2015-31958/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-two-lion-subspecies, checked 2026-10-30
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Lion, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/lion, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the lion
Panthera leo · Grades 5–6
| Length | 8.5 to 11 ft (2.6 to 3.5 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 3.5 to 4 ft (1.1 to 1.2 m) |
| Weight | 414 lb (188 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 16 years |
Read about it
Lions are the most social of the big cats. The lionesses in a pride are usually related: mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts. A male's mane makes him look bigger and may show other lions he is healthy. Lions rest for most of the day and are busiest at dawn, dusk and night, when it is cooler.
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
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2015 (Listing Two Lion Subspecies), federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/23/2015-31958/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-two-lion-subspecies, checked 2026-10-30
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Lion, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/lion, checked 2026-10-30