Read Works
Read Works: What's in the Oceans? Amazing Ocean Animals
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the animals found in the ocean including: sea turtles, sea urchins, starfish, sea horses, and clownfish. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Echinoderms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] You're probably familiar with starfish and sand dollars. They are both echinoderms. Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are also echinoderms. What's similar between these...
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Sea Stars
The Denver Zoo features a comprehensive overview of sea stars focusing on their habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 9.21 Types of Echinoderms
Learn about the different types of echinoderms in the ocean.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 9.20 Echinoderms
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of echinoderms.
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Echinoderm Webpage
Resource provides a brief overview of echinoderms. Includes pictures and links for more information.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: All About Starfish
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains facts about starfish, a crossword puzzle, and a poem. The last page contains several links to stories, games, puzzles, and pictures of starfish.
Museums Victoria
Museum Victoria Prehistoric Life: Sea Stars
This site explores the fossilized remains of sea stars found in Southern Australia. Content includes a look at the physical characteristics of these animals.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Starfish
A brown and white spotted starfish on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. There are around 1800 different species of starfish (also known as sea stars) around the world. Some starfish species have the ability...
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Starfish Morphology
Labeled diagram of a starfish.