Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Fish
Provides fascinating facts and colorful images of a variety of fish with a map of the location where they can be found.
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to Chondrichthyes
Good introduction from Berkeley's department of paleontology, gives a brief history and the defining characteristics of the class of Chondrichthyes.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Shark School: Shark Faq's
Do sharks blink? How many rows of teeth do sharks have? Discover the answers to these questions and many more as you peruse this website.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Shark School: From Shore to the Deep Blue Sea
Small site provides information on different types of sharks: mako, thresher, hammerhead, horn, and others.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Dogfish Sharks
This site gives a brief description of a dogfish shark, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Mako Sharks
This site gives an in-depth description of a mako sharks, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are Sharks So Awesome?
Sharks have been celebrated as powerful gods by some native cultures. And today, sharks are recognized as apex predators of the world's ocean. What is it that makes these fish worthy of our ancient legends and so successful in the seas?...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Predator Protector Game Lesson
Describe the habitat, food web and ecosystem of shark species. Identify threats to sharks and explore how top predators help to maintain the balance of nature within ecosystems. This lesson plan also contains an interactive game.
PBS
Nova: The Hunt
Learn more about the six senses that sharks use to hunt. Descriptions and pictures of each sensory organ are provided.
Other
Pelagic Shark Research Foundation: Glossary
A glossary for terms relating specifically to sharks, many of which are relevant to the entire chondrichthyes class.
Other
Starship Millenium Voyage: Sharks
Very good overall sharks page that concludes with two sections that include shark interactions with man and threats by man.
Other
Pelagic Shark Research: Biology of Sharks
This page is an excellent resource with horn shark information. Numerous images of the horn shark are featured.
Other
Sharks: A Masterpiece of Evolution
A very basic resource about sharks that links out to other resources. Includes a section on the general background of these animals.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Oceans of the World
A set of illustrated fact pages, and some activity sheets, on coral reefs, tidal pools, and ocean ecosystems. Find maps, graphic organizers, and a movie link to tidal zones. Hyperlinks to specialized vocabulary words are also provided....
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Porbeagle Shark
A fact sheet giving information about the endangered porbeagle shark, which inhabits the northwest Atlantic Ocean, in the St. Lawrence Seaway and the waters off Newfoundland. The conservation efforts being made to revive the population...
Other
Fishin for Facts Library
A comprehensive site that includes a wealth of information on whales, sharks, penguins and squid.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Sharks, in Deep
Howard Youth, in his article for Zoogoer Magazine entitled "Sharks, In Deep," examines a range of topics related to sharks including Shark Basics, Troubled Waters, Reaching for Limits, Bites Out of the Food Chain, Discovering Sharks, and...
Animal Fact Guide
Animal Fact Guide: Great White Shark
Entry on the Great White Shark that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation status, and tips on what you can do to help.
Read Works
Read Works: Using Headings to Determine the Main Idea: The Shark: Silent Hunter
[Free Registration/Login Required] Reading comprehension strategies are the focus of this ReadWorks lesson. Students will pay attention to headings, subheadings, and other text features to help them comprehend nonfiction text. Renee Le's...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 5 12 14: Florida Fisherman Snares Terrifying Goblin Shark
Read about how a man got a huge surprise when fishing, and view this unusually rare shark species that was caught.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Great White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics Carcharodon Carcharias, more commonly known as the Great White Shark.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus Amblyrhynchos)
This animal encyclopedia entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Carcharihinus Ambylyrhynochos, more commonly known as the Grey Reef Shark.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna Zygaena)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Sphyrna Zygaena, more commonly known as the Hammerhead Shark.