San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Animals
This resource describes the most popular animals at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Each profile gives background about a specific animal, and more information about the species.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Nature Files
Resources to accompany a 16-episode science series created to help young minds better understand how plants and animals interact with their environment. A fantastic resource for elementary science teachers that includes state standards...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: Mexico: What Is Classifying?
Christina wants to classify all kinds of different things. Help her sort things into main groups.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Kingdoms of Life
A playful interactive introducing biology's five animal kingdoms. Watch the video, take a quiz, and review vocabulary.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: The Kingdoms of Life
A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of Kingdoms in the life classification system.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Classifying Living Things
Learn how all living things are classified.
Center for Educational Technologies
Earth Science Explorer: Diversity
Written for younger students, this site explains biodiversity and links to easy to understand explanations of species and genetic diversity.
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Hinterland Who's Who: Wildlife
Find an wide range of information on an incredibly wide range of species in Canada, including those that are at risk.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Dichotomous Key
An excellent starting point. Get a good description of what the dichotomous key for tree identification is and then directions for using it to identify trees.