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Handout
Tree of Life Project

The Tree of Life Web Project: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site that contains much information about the various animal phyla. Each phyla gives photos, common examples, scientific names and references. Collection of 1630 websites about bio-diversity.
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Website
Other

Illinois Wesleyan University: Tardigrade Species Distribution Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This was a research project on tardigrades that took place some time ago. The site contains information about the project and about tardigrades, including their taxonomy and a glossary. As this is an older site, the links to the...
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Earth: Tardigrades Return From the Dead

For Students 9th - 10th
Tardigrades are ancient, fascinating creatures that can survive conditions that would kill most life forms, including extreme heat and absolute zero, extreme pressure and a vacuum, and deadly radiation. They can even survive being...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Life in Extreme Environments: Who Is on Top in the Food Chain?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will design experiments to gain some understanding of the feeding rates of Rotifers and/or Tardigrades. They will use organisms collected locally or provided by the teacher to explore differences between...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Illinois Wesleyan Univ.: Tardigrade Species Distribution Project: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan was for classes that participated in a research project on tardigrades that took place in 1999. Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are fascinating, tiny creatures that can survive under the most extreme conditions....
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Website
Other

Path Finder Science: Tardigrades

For Students 9th - 10th
This site displays information about a tardigrades research study that students were involved in. Tardigrades are fascinating, tiny creatures that can survive under the most extreme conditions. The structure of the project is there for...
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Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Tardigrades: The Living Gummy Bears Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A ten-question quiz on tardigrades, tiny creatures that look like gummy bears and can survive under the most extreme conditions.