Curated OER
Spiders
First graders complete a variety of center activities to study spider characteristics and facts. They solve math problems, identify spider body parts, and study vocabulary words to use in creative writing about spiders.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Under the Spell Of...spiders!
Learn about their unique characteristics, how they hunt, and reproduce. Young scholars will appreciate the excellent photographs and background information. Teachers will love the series of three lesson plans about spiders, complete with...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Arachnids
This informative site provides a general description of arachnids and then focuses on arachnids native to southeastern Michigan. Pictures and classification groupings are included.
Other
Tarantula's Burrow: British Spiders What Is a Spider?
A list of characteristics that a creature must satisfy to be considered a spider, as well as a list with pictures and descriptions of spiders commonly found in the UK.
Other
Tarantula's Burrow: British Spiders What Is a Spider?
A list of characteristics that a creature must satisfy to be considered a spider, as well as a list with pictures and descriptions of spiders commonly found in the UK.
PBS
Pbs Nature: Spider
There are about 35,000 known species of spiders in the world and this research resource site surveys these animals in text and images.
Songs for Teaching
Songs for Teaching: Arachnids
At this site from Songs for Teaching, Dennis Westphall sings a great song that tells the characteristics of a spider. It even points out traits of specific spiders such as the black widow.