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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the River Crossing Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
As a wildfire rages through the grasslands, three lions and three wildebeest flee for their lives. To escape the inferno, they must cross over to the left bank of a crocodile-infested river. Can you help them figure out how to get across...
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Interactive
Kidport

Kidport: Who Eats What?

For Students 2nd - 6th
At this site students are encouraged to try and answer questions that relate to what animals eat. At the bottom of the web page are beautiful pictures of land and sea animals and when selected, students will be able to read short facts...
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Article
Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: Lion

For Students 3rd - 8th
A reference source on the lion 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.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Lion (Panthera Leo)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of the Lion and gain a greater understanding of this powerful feline through statistics and information on its evolution, appearance, habitat, behavior, diet, breeding, and more.
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Website
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Welcome to the Oakland Zoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site allows users to tour the Oakland Zoo and view all types of animals from A-Z. Offers links to cool stuff and a world safari.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: African Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about lions, elephants, giraffes, and warthogs. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Extreme Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares extreme animal facts. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Liger's Tale

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a liger, a cross breed between a lion and a tiger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Animal Communities

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site click on the pictures to find out about an animal community in Africa. Think about how animal communities are like your community. Think about how are they different.
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Website
African Wildlife Foundation

African Wildlife Foundation: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource takes an exploratory look at the lion. Content includes information on this animal's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, predators, and more.
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Website
American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary, movie posters, cast and production information for the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz.
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Website
Other

Big Cats Online

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site that provides information on the evolution, behavior, and conservation of Big Cats. This site also has an informative fact and figures section that contains answers to frequently asked e-mail questions.
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Handout
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Asian Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
The Asian lion is an endangered animal with only two populations surviving today. Information about this creature and photos can be found on this animal facts page.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Lion

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lions of today mainly live in protected areas as their survival is threatened. Facts and pictures are found on this animal facts page.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia, a free and open-source encyclopedia, offers a detailed overview of the lion. Content includes a focus on lions in the wild, attacks on humans, cross-breeding with tigers, and more.
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Handout
Other

Big Cats Online: Lion (Panthera Leo)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of the lion. Content looks at the lion's unique characteristics, hunting abilities, social structure, and habitat.
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eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
This ebook shares the story of a little girl from Kansas who travels in a dream to the fictional land of Oz.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Lions (Panthera leo), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species, and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
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Handout
Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Animal Species Profile: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated profile of the lion.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Ar Kive: Lion (Panthera Leo)

For Students 9th - 10th
It seems that no animal has inspired the imagination of man more than the lion (Panthera leo). Characterized as fearsome, courageous and majestic, the lion's strength and ferocity has earned it the title of 'King of the Beasts' in many...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
The block statue, which might be a symbolic representation of a king, depicts a lion sitting on its hindquarters. With its front paws, the lion is holding a human face, which could represent a Syrian captive.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia, a free and open-source encyclopedia, offers a detailed overview of the lion. Content includes a focus on lions in the wild, attacks on humans, cross-breeding with tigers, and more.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia, a free and open-source encyclopedia, offers a detailed overview of the lion. Content includes a focus on lions in the wild, attacks on humans, cross-breeding with tigers, and more.