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Handout
MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Nurse Sharks

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the nurse shark with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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Handout
MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Hammerhead Shark

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the hammerhead shark with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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Handout
MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Bull Sharks

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the bull shark with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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Handout
MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Blue Sharks

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the blue shark with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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Website
Other

Ocearch Tracker

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A Track Sharker tool by Marine Research Group OCEARCH lets you track tagged sharks -- who all have names, by the way -- as they travel all over the world. You can even zoom in on a specific location to see which sharks are hanging out...
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Handout
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Boy Sharks Roam, Girls Stay Home

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article examines the gender role within the shark kingdom. The research is connected to the Great White Shark and it suggests that only the male shark roams, while the females stays close to home.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Blue Shark

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the Blue Shark with numerous photographs.
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Handout
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Humans Have a Bit of Shark in Them

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article explores an ancient link between humans and sharks which leads to discoveries in the possibilities of sharks being distant cousins of humans.
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Website
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Echinoderm Webpage

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief overview of echinoderms. Includes pictures and links for more information.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to Chondrostei

For Students 9th - 10th
Chondrostei is a mostly forgotten group of cartilaginous fish which deserves at least one page, and here it is. Good information on a cartilagnous fish.
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Lesson Plan
Tramline

Tramline: Sharks Field Trip

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Travel with your learners on a virtual field trip: learn about sharks. You will find many informative and interactive websites!
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Activity
Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: White Tip Sharks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of a white tip shark, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test understanding.
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Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: Teacher's Guide to Sharks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Some factual information about sharks is presented in the first half of this website.
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Website
Other

Fiona's Shark Mania

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting site devoted to sharks. Not overly educational, though the links to shark news and the galleries of images are very nice. Lots of links to other sites.
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Article
Other

Shark Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
Shark Watch is a 3-in-1 multi-functional and multi-awarded ecotourism and conservation enterprise aimed to entertain and educate visitors.
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Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: How to Attract a Shark

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from Suzy's World, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, explores the shark's great sense of smell. Content includes shark facts and a fun (and smelly) experiment.
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Activity
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Shark Teeth Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
The information provided at this site is part of a larger online exhibit centered on fossils and fossil research. The shark tooth is listed as one type of fossil and here it is pictured and described.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Creatures of the Deep: Shark Trackers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Track an unseen target with an audio meter, and make accurate estimations of distance and depth by analyzing the signal strength and frequency. Construct an electroscope to detect electric charges.
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Unit Plan
Other

Neo K12 Education: Marine Animals

For Students 1st - 5th
Learn about marine animals with fun, interactive, educational videos, games, quizzes, and activities.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: 1916 Shark Attacks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informative flipchart takes a look at the shark attacks in New Jersey in 1916. The flipchart contains maps, pictures and book and website recommendations to learn more about the topic.
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Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Great White Sharks

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Unique Australian Animals you can meet the one of the most feared animals of the ocean, the Great White Shark. Learn what Great Whites are really like by reading their description at this web page.
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Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: How Many Teeth Does a Shark Have?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Fact Sheet from Suzy's World, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, you can find out how many teeth a shark has and what they eat.
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Activity
DLTK

Kid Zone: Sharks

For Students 3rd - 8th
The KidZone shows amazing images of sharks and presents all kinds of facts and activities in a format for grade school children.
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Website
Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Kids Page: Sharks [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An activity handout for students on the topic of the varied species of sharks found in British Columbia. The handout is in PDF format.