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Illinois Wesleyan Univ.: Tardigrade Species Distribution Project: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan was for classes that participated in a research project on tardigrades that took place in 1999. Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are fascinating, tiny creatures that can survive under the most extreme conditions....
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Animal Profiles: Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth description of a spider, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Bald Eagle

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a complete fact sheet on bald eagles that includes a look at why bald eagles are "bald," what bald eagles eat, how their vision works, their courtship and mating behavior, their nesting and reproductive behaviors,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit focuses on the unique structure and function of both invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Students review their understanding of animal diversity, and take a closer look at the various organ systems found in the animal kingdom.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Arthropod Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Go back in time to discover the evolutionary story of the arthropod and what this phylum of the animal kingdom looks like today.
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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biodomes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organization of Living Things

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When you see an organism that you have never seen before, you probably put it into a group without even thinking. If it is green and leafy, you probably call it a...
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Wildlife

For Students 9th - 10th
Find an wide range of information on an incredibly wide range of species in Canada, including those that are at risk.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: Mexico: What Is Classifying?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Christina wants to classify all kinds of different things. Help her sort things into main groups.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.9 Organization of Living Things

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the system that scientists use to classify living things.
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University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to Ctenophora

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an advanced level review of the biology of these organisms. The opening photographs are worth seeing!
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Animals: Overview Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a biology unit on animals.
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: The Diversity of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about each of the five kingdoms. Each kingdom is separately described, but information is also summarized in a table.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science

For Students 3rd
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to third-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science: Animal Kingdom: Creepy Crawlies: Goliath Beetle

For Students 3rd - 8th
How do scientists know that the goliath beetle is the largest beetle? What's stopping them from getting even bigger? Find the answers to these questions and other interesting facts from Extreme Science.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Animal Classification

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart for first graders to learn about mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles.
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The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii: A Guide to the Order of Trilobites

For Students 9th - 10th
The trilobite of the months greets you on this award winning site that provides an immense data base of facts on this fascinating but extinct arthropod. Start with the Introduction in the left hand menu bar for easy to understand...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Goats

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth description of goats, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures, video, and sound bytes.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Early Ideas About Matter: From Democritus to Dalton

For Students 9th - 10th
Site that deals with the basics of matter. An interactive animation goes through experiments conducted in the 19th Century to help come up with scientific laws. With each section there are questions for comprehension.
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Habitats

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan students learn how the garden provides habitat for a variety of different animal species. They make observations and collect data to determine which species inhabit the garden. They will investigate relationships...
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Human Toolmaker

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you enjoy building airplanes, cars, houses, or robots with Lego blocks? Humans are the only animal species that can create complicated constructions from simple Lego blocks - our Lego building ability is "human-specific," since it is...
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
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Other

The Wild Classroom: Bird Orders of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information here about all the bird orders in the animal kingdom. Includes living and extinct species.

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