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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Hibernation "A Time to Sleep"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site is filled with creative and educational activities for your unit on hibernation. These activities include hibernation clocks, KWL chart, hibernation mural and more.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature: Cloud Age Four

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short Nature video, experience the environment of Cloud, a four-year old horse living in the wild. This is one in a series of three videos about Cloud. [2:23]
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Ross Seal

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete site that delves into geographic location, habitat, physical description, reproduction, diet, predation, economic importance (positive/negative), and conservation status.
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Spotted Seal

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete site that delves into geographic range, habitat, physical description, reproduction, lifespan, diet, predation, economic importance (positive/negative), and conservation status.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Teacher Resources: "Deer Talk" Activity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn to recognize how deer use non-verbal communication for mutual protection and interaction within a group and the importance of this language to the survival of the group.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Habitat

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do you need to survive? Food, water, shelter? Animals need the same things and they live in places that can provide them. This informative site looks at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction and behavior of the red...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: All About Lizards Lesson Plan

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Zoo Labs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Five inquiry-based investigations designed for the observation of primates in a zoo setting. The labs ask guiding questions and list notable primate behaviors.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: What Females Want, Wildlife and Sexual Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-part video series explores how females and males relate to each other in the animal kingdom. It shows how the strategies that males and females use to attract each other impact on the evolution of a species.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Structure of Metal

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site, animations explain different aspects of the properties of metal.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ocean Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about leatherback turtles and dusky dolphins with the Earthwatch research teams in Costa Rica and New Zealand. Choose which animal you would like to learn more about then read field reports, meet a researcher, become a researcher...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bee Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores honeybee communication and navigation. [4:45]
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Cat's Meow: Designing an Enrichment Toy

For Students 9th - 10th
A great Science Fair project that involves analyzing your cat's behavior and designing toys that will be stimulating both physically and mentally. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brain Break I See Animals Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this interactive lesson, students act out animal movements for a short brain break.
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Seismic Wave Motions

For Students 9th - 10th
Four animations showing the movements of surface waves and body waves that are created by earthquakes. Includes P, S, Rayleigh, and Love waves.
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Online Learning Haven

Adaptations: Penguins

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interesting look at the structural and behavioral adaptations of the penguin. Neat penguin facts are included at the end of the site.

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