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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Hellbender

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about the amphibian Hellbender. Animal is the largest salamander in the eastern United States.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about animals including birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and fish. Endangered animals for teachers.
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Interactive
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Frogs, a Disappearing Act

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site students can read about how frogs camouflage to avoid predators. There is an interactive exhibit too! (Must have the Shockwave plug-in to see animation.)
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PPT
University of Southern California

Structure of Matter: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show that demonstrates the development of physical structure in the animal world, moving from sponges through mammals.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Classification: Minnesota Vertebrates

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan serves as an introduction to classification. The students will place animals into its proper vertebrate group according to certain characteristics that the animals have in common.
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Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Freshwater Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can learn about the wide variety of plant and animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems. Click on the links to "wetlands," "Ponds and Lakes," or "Rivers and Streams" to view...
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Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Lakes and Ponds

For Students 3rd - 8th
This illustrated website features facts about lakes and ponds and their special place in geography, natural history, and as a biome.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:costa Rica: Why So Many Frogs?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Explore the different stages in the growth of a frog, explain why organisms produce large numbers of young and determine the survival rate of a population of tadpoles under controlled conditions.
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Graphic
Pennsylvania State University

Penn State Altoona Biology: Circulatory System: Frog Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a look at the circulatory system of a frog in dissection.
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Website
Other

Georgia Perimeter College: The Permian Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides basic information of the changes that took place during the Permian period as well as the animals that populated the Earth during this time.
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Article
Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: Spotted Salamander

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read interesting facts on the Spotted Salamander including information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation status, and tips on what you can...
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Common Frog (Rana Temporaria)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore images and facts about the Common Frog, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, and mating habits.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Newt (Lissotriton Vulgaris)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides images and a summary of the Newt while offering statistics and details on the species habitat, appearance, breeding, behaviour, and conservation status.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Goliath Frog O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find a definition, fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the Goliath frog.
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Website
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Welcome to the Oakland Zoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site allows users to tour the Oakland Zoo and view all types of animals from A-Z. Offers links to cool stuff and a world safari.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Frogs Have Special Skin

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about frogs and their unique skin. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Freaky Frogs

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The author describes the production of see-through frogs by scientists in Japan, and this transparent skin allows to see and learn about the frog's organs more easily. This passage is a stand-alone...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Vertebrate Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the nine classes of vertebrates and their distinguishing traits.
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Article
Other

Mdc: Missouri's Toads and Frogs [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
The state of Missouri provides this descriptive listing of the many species of frogs and toads found in the state. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Handout
DLTK

Kid Zone: Animal Classes

For Students 1st - 7th
A comprehensive and colorful site that lists the various classes of animals with pictures and descriptions.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 10.2 Vertebrate Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the characteristics and diversity of vertebrate animals.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 10.9 Frogs and Toads

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the behaviors and characteristics of frogs and toads.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Poison Frog

For Students K - 1st
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about poison frogs with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
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Handout
Oregon Zoo

Oregon Zoo: African Bullfrog

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know the facts, behavior, breeding habits, and vital statistics of the African bulldog, the largest frog in Southern Africa.

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