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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Toads, Turtles, Snakes, Salamanders, and Other Creepers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents Reviled and Revered: Toads, Turtles, Snakes, Salamanders, and Other Creepers and Crawlers. Get the facts about reptiles and amphibians. Learn about their unique characteristics, as well as explore why we...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Japanese Giant Salamander

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Asia Trail exhibit at the National Zoo, this site highlights various facts and interesting information on the Japanese Giant Salamander. In addition to several pictures, the site provides a description and information on...
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Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Barred Tiger Salamander

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn all about the barred tiger salamander by browsing this reference from the Brookfield Zoo. In addition to quick facts, this animal guide provides information on its appearance, habitat, breeding, and eating habits.
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Other

Salamanders and Newts

For Students 9th - 10th
Melissa Kaplan explains how to set up a tank for a salamander. She tells how to select a salamander and what kind of ailments to watch for.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Red Salamander

For Students 1st - 9th
Students learn about the Red Salamander on this site. Study how these endangered predators of the savanna hunt larger animals and live in a pack.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Amphibians for Kids: Frogs, Salamanders, and Toads

For Students 1st - 9th
What is an amphibian? Kids learn about these cold blooded animals including salamanders, frogs, and toads. Lifecycle such as tadpole and metamorphosis.
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Caudata

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the many types of salamanders found around the world. Included is a large bank of photos of the various species and their classification information.
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Curated OER

California Tiger Salamander

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site created by NatureWorks focuses on the California Tiger Salamander. The content of this resource includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior.
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Curated OER

Blue Spotted Salamander

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site created by NatureWorks focuses on the Blue-Spotted Salamander. The content of this resource includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, and more.
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Curated OER

Blue Spotted Salamander

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site created by NatureWorks focuses on the Blue-Spotted Salamander. The content of this resource includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, and more.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: A Habitat for a Wild "Pet": The Salamander Room

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the bookThe Salamander Room by Anne Mazer.
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: State Amphibian of Alabama Red Hills Salamander

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "State Amphibian of Alabama - Red Hills Salamander."
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Curated OER

Phillip Martin Clip Art: State Amphibian of Illinois Eastern Tiger Salamander

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "State Amphibian of Illinois - Eastern Tiger Salamander."
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Hellbender O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about a salamander called the hellbender and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Olm (Proteus Anguinus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the olm, a blind salamander. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, habitat, diet, predators, reproduction, and their population decline.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Habitat for a Wild "Pet"

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After observing and naming elements of an animal's habitat, and reading The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer, students write fictional stories about finding and caring for a wild animal. A printable graphic organizer, a teacher example, and...
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Other

Facilisimo: Mascotas: Reportajes: Otras Mascotas

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information, entirely in Spanish, about a wide variety less-common household pets and animals: crickets, ants, terrantulas, salamanders, hamsters, rabbits and others. Colorful photographs accompany descriptions of different...
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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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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Amphibians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides fascinating facts and images of frogs and salamanders plus a map of where they can be found.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Study of a Lizard, a Chameleon and a Salamander

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Study of a Lizard, a Chameleon and a Salamander", created by Giuseppe Arcimboldo in 1553 (Watercolour and gouache).
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Amphibians

For Students 3rd - 5th
Amphibians are cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrates. Most live some of their life in water and some on land. The most common amphibian critter is a frog but there are many others. Read about Wisconsin's many amphibians here.
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University of California

Regents of the University of California: Amphibia Web

For Students 9th - 10th
AmphibiaWeb, a site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation. This site is filled with amphibian facts, a glossary of terms, species numbers,...
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Other

Missouri Conservationist Online: Missouri Cave Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent article describing a trip inside a cave. The article discusses the cave habitat and changes that occur as you go deeper into the cave. Includes interesting photographs.
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Other

Online Field Guide: Great Crested Newt

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Thorough guide to the scientific study of the Great Crested Newt, written by an expert in the field of herpetology (the study of amphibians and reptiles).

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