Curated OER
Diversity of Mammals
In this mammals instructional activity, students compare and contrast the three types of mammals: placental, marsupial, and monotreme. This instructional activity has 4 short answer, 12 matching, and 8 fill in the blank questions.
Curated OER
The Diversity of Mammals
In this mammals learning exercise, students use idea maps about monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals to complete 3 short answer questions.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Mammals
This resource provides extensive information about mammals.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Tertiary
Delve into the Tertiary Period portion of the Evolving Planet exhibit, and trace the climate and continental shift during this time. Includes an overview of the period, a collection of images, and a look at the Tertiary Period's...
Earth Life
Earth Life: The Placental Mammal and Reproduction
A very good site which covers the basics of mammal reproduction, in particular, placental mammals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Placental Mammals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how reproduction takes place in placental mammals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mammal Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of how placental mammals are classified.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mammalian Reproduction Study Guide
Review the reproduction of different types of mammals.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fossils in the Gobi
Biologist Mike Novacek discusses his discovery of mammal fossils in the Gobi Desert and tells us what we can learn from them. From an episode about extinction broadcast on the PBS series "Evolution."
University of California
Ucmp: Placental Mammals
This brief article defines "placental mammals," lists examples of these animals, and describes the characteristics which render their classification.