Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Animals
This site from the Evergreen Project of the Missouri Botanical Garden provides great information. Click on the animal link on the left. There is an introduction to animals in the grasslands, and then you can read more about each...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Arthropod
Wikipedia offers information on arthropods, the largest phylum of animals. Includes scientific classification chart and image.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Mollusk
Wikipedia offers detailed information on mollusks, a large and diverse phylum including shelled sea animals and the octupus.
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: It Wasn't My Fault [Pdf]
A reader's theater adaptation of Helen Lester's early elementary book, It Wasn't My Fault, is provided on this script. Twelve character roles are needed in this performance.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Marmot Manor: Mountain Mission
After watching the "Marmot Manor: Mountain Mission" episode of PBS Kids' Plum Landing, students will draw a picture of the marmot's underground mountain home.
Tree of Life Project
Tree of Life Web Project: Animals
Metazoa are the feature topic of this resource. Click on the specific types to learn more about these animals. An extensive list of additional resources are provided to discover these creatures.
Everything ESL
Animal Habitats: The Polar Regions
Stimulate and challenge your ESL students with a unit on Polar regions. Students will use higher level thinking skills while learning about animals, habitats and food chains. You will find many downloadable pages.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Categorizing & Classifying Animals
Teach your young scholars about categorizing and classifying with this high thinking level unit. It features many downloads and resources. It also provides bulletin board ideas.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Categorizing & Classifying Animals
Teach your students about categorizing and classifying with this high thinking level unit. It features many downloads and resources. It also provides bulletin board ideas.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Find the Frog
"Find the Frog" is an ESL cooperative learning lesson in which students will learn about frogs, camouflage, and spatial relationships. TESOL standards are included. It features downloads and resources.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Diversity of Mammals: Self Check Quiz
Five multiple choice questions about the diversity among mammals. After submitting answers, students can review any missed material.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Basic Behaviors: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about the difference between innate and learned behaviors in animals. The quiz is self-checking, and provides hints to the student if needed.
Other
University of Aberdeen: The Phyla of Kingdom Animalia
Very systematic breakdown of the animal kingdom starting with the simplest type the sponge, all the way to the chordate or vertebrate. Each phylum has a link with information.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Mousekin's Lost Woodland
This interactive site has "Mousekin's Lost Woodland" environment game. Play this storytelling game with your friends and learn about different habitats.
Other
Cincinnati Museum Center
This site describes the Museum of Natural History and Science in detail and provides links to other programs and exhibits offered.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Resources for Learning: Bolivia Biodiversity
An overview, in a captioned gallery of images, of the plant and animal life of Bolivia as well as some of the cultural traditions and practices among Bolivian people.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary
Useful resource for learning everyday Chinese vocabulary -- roll over each image to hear the correct pronunciation and see how the word is written. Corresponding English section (and other languages) makes this site a useful tool for ESL...
Other
Seattlepi: Hadiah Baby Sumatran Tiger
This resource offers a short video of the baby Sumatran tiger at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. Good listening practice because you hear the spontaneous comments of young and old, as they watch the tiger cub.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Animal Ecosystems, Adaptations and Food Chains
This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.
Other
Voronezh Zoological Gardens
This is a very informative site about this Russian zoo. It offers history and background, pictures, and an English version.
Government of Alberta
Alberta Environment: Focus on Species at Risk [Pdf]
This article describes what we mean by species at risk, why some are at risk, and what we can do to help them survive and recover their populations.
Other
Alphabet soup.net: Farm Animals
Check out this awesome resource on farm animals. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found within this site. Learn what sound each of the farm animals make and more.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Vampire Bats
Great multi-media site from the National Geographic Society with great information, pictures and video of Vampire Bats. Sections include fun facts, video, audio, a map and send a postcard.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Arizona Gray Squirrel
Explore the world of the Arizona Gray Squirrel when you visit this resource. This site features information from diet and habitat to reproduction and behavior. Come and check it out.