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Curated OER

Picture Scramble: Cliff Swallow, Bighorn Sheep, Northern Flying Squirrel

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students examine images of a cliff swallow, bighorn sheep and northern flying squirrel. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled....
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Other

Arizona Game and Fish Department: Big Game Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information on a variety of big game that are hunted in Arizona. Includes each animal's life history, their hunt history, behavior, and a chart listing facts, e.g., habitat, predators, etc., as well as a narrated video of them...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Bighorn Sheep

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the bighorn sheep through this informative resource. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the bighorn sheep's habitat, reproduction, behavior and more.
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the bighorn sheep.
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Mountain Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
Canadian Wildlife site features the sheep. Highlights its habitats and habits, range, feeding and breeding characteristics.
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Other

British Columbia Adventure: Bighorn Mountain Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a brief overview of the bighorn mountain sheep, including a focus on this animals distribution and biology.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses various related topics and interesting facts on the Bighorn Sheep. It also discusses current threats and dangers to the species.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Tundra Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Even though the tundra is a frozen, windy place, animals survive there! See what animals make the tundra their home.
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Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Exploring Nature

Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover where bighorn sheep live, what they eat, their reproduction patterns, their lifespan, and their full classification.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
Bighorn sheep can be found in the Canadian Rockies and in some parts of the United States and Mexico. Read some fascinating facts about these unique creatures. Pictures can also be found here.
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Other

Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
This organization, dedicated to the conservation of wild Bighorn Sheep, provides the latest news and recovery efforts of the organization.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 4th - 8th
Bighorn Sheep live only in remote, treeless mountain terrain. They use steep slopes and cliffs to escape from wolves, coyotes, and cougars. Learn more about the Ovis canadensis, more commonly known as a Bighorn Sheep, in this...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Bighorn Sheeps (Ovis canadensis), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...