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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Insectos

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures display various types of insects. You can hear the correct Spanish pronunciation and see the correct spelling by holding your mouse over the picture.
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Activity
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Arthropod Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Go back in time to discover the evolutionary story of the arthropod and what this phylum of the animal kingdom looks like today.
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Handout
Other

Univ Calif Riverside: Medically Important Arachnids

For Students 9th - 10th
A web site devoted to describing the numerous venomous arachnids that have a medical importance to humans, as well as a description of how these arachnids aid humans.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Scorpion Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the University of California-Berkeley that details the process by which scorpions have evolved. Includes identifying characteristics of modern-day scorpions.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Sea Scorpion

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the University of California-Berkeley on the sea-scorpion, an extinct arachnid. Shows evidence of evolution within the arachnid family.
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Graphic
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Rainforest Strata

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a picture on the layers of the rain forest with yellow eyes all over. You click on the yellow eyes and learn about an animal. You may have to search for it by going to the home page.
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Handout
Kidport

Kid Port: Arachnids Spiders, Ticks, and Scorpions

For Students 3rd - 8th
KidPort.com provides simple information on arachnids, a type of arthropod that includes spiders, ticks, and scorpions.
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Website
Other

The Tarantula's Burrow: Arachnids

For Students 9th - 10th
The title says it all. An exhaustingly extensive site on everything about scorpions and tarantulas. Includes links to related sites.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Scorpion (Scorpiones)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the scorpion. Discusses where they are found, their classification, lifestyle, physical characteristics, reproductive behavior, and the threat they pose to humans.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Taiga Animal Printouts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful pictures of animals found in the taiga biome such as the arctic fox, bald eagle, gray wolf, and muskrat. Information is provided about each animal when clicked.
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Handout
Other

Arachnophiliac: Sun, Wind Scorpions Aka Solufigids

For Students 9th - 10th
A site on the sun and wind scorpion species. They are not actually a scorpions, and they don't like the sun. A description with pictures. Discusses habitat.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Hey! A Scorpion Bit Me

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by Kids Health. Scorpions are nocturnal, which means they sleep mostly during the day and are active at night. Read about characteristics of scorpions, where they live, and what to do if you are stung by one.