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BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Irish Elk

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the enthralling world of the Irish elk by uncovering details about its behaviors, habitats, geological time periods, and classification through photos, a video, descriptions, and external links.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Fun Facts About Wooly Mammoths

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will explain how the Woolly Mammoth evolved, where it migrated and what is now being done to try and clone it.
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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Comparing Ice Age Mammals [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows learners to compare the morphologies of 3-D printed teeth from Ice Age mammals. Students will manipulate 3-D prints and record observations in order to infer the diet of megafauna and discuss the role of technology...
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Allodesmus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what fossil evidence reveals about the life and ecological interactions of the extinct seal-like allodesmus.
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Other

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Helmeted Muskox

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric helmeted muskox. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Didelphodon

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Looking much like today's opossum, the prehistoric Didelphodon was one of the largest mammals 65 million years ago. Learn what the fossils of this animal tell us about its diet and habitat.
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Other

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Yukon's Camels

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric camels of the Yukon and Alaska. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Other

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Ancient Caribou

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric ancient caribou. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Other

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Yukon Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric Yukon horse. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Other

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Saiga Antelope

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric North American saiga. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Kryptobaatar O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand important characteristics of the Kryptobaatar, a prehistoric mammal.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Yukon Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Yukon Horse, an extinct animal that covered much of North America at one time.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Woolly Mammoth

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but very interesting description of the Woolly Mammoth; its habitat and habits are described.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Saiga

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature describes the Saiga-an adaptable and speedy Prehistoric Mammal.
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PBS

Nova: Bone Diggers: Anatomy of Thylacoleo

For Students 9th - 10th
Thylacoleo or the extinct marsupial lion had an unusual array of adaptations that enabled it to be an effective predator. Explore an interactive fossil of the lion to learn more about each of its' adaptations.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how, where, and when dinosaurs lived millions of years ago by engaging in interactive games, viewing 3D images, or taking a quiz.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: All About Mammoths

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to find out where mammoths lived, what they looked like and where they lived. Includes a woolly mammoth printout and other links.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Inostrancevia Alexandri

For Students 9th - 10th
Inostrancevia alexandri was a prehistoric animal with mammal-like characteristics that lived in the Permian Period and before the dinosaurs. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Diprotodon Optatum

For Students 9th - 10th
Diprotodon optatum was a prehistoric marsupial from Australia that lived during the Pleistocene Period. The wombat and the koala are descendants. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Animals Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
In English and Spanish this site deals with animal life in Illinois past and present. With sections on dinosaurs, animals in Illinois 65 million years ago, animals in Illinois 10 million years ago, and animals in Illinois today, this is...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact Files: Steropodon

For Students 9th - 10th
Steropdon was a prehistoric mammal that lived during the Cretaceous period. Read about some of its physical traits and its diet, and view a single image.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact Files: Didelphodon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Didelphodon, a marsupial from the Mesozoic era and Cretaceous period. Learn what fossils have taught us about their habitat, diet, and senses, and view an animated image showing how this mammal may have moved.
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EL Education

El Education: Pre Historic Mammal Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study prehistoric people and animals and create trading cards with an original illustration of an animal on one side and facts about that animal on the other.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Lions (Prehistoric)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lions were among the largest predators during the ice age. Get other interesting facts about this ancestor of the American Lion.