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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Habitats

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore different habitats and match them to the animals that belong there. After choosing a correct animal, click on the caption to get information about it.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Tundra

For Students 4th - 8th
Find out the basics of the Tundra biome, including the climate, location, and characteristic animals and plants living there.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah's Plants and Animals Do You Know Where I Live?

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you figure out what types of biomes different organisms belong in? You'll be presented with a variety of organisms and asked which of three biomes they belong in.
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Website
Other

Online Expeditions: African Adventure

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to explore several regions of Africa, without having to leave the classroom.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Teachers:how Can I Hide in Namib?

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Identify how certain species survive in the Namib Desert through color protection, and determine what techniques animals in Namib use to hide from predators and to wait for prey.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Life in the Sahara (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which students share prior knowledge and conduct research about the location, people, and animals of the Sahara region of Africa. Involves the creation of a project about the geography of the Sahara and how desertification...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the different ecosystems of the world, enhanced by embedded videos showing both the landscape and the plants and animals that can be found there.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Antelope

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information about the antelope, including several photos. [1:08]
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Caracal

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on caracals including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Caracal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian National Zoo offers a fact sheet on the Caracal. Content includes a look at the caracal's home range, habitat, diet, reproduction, social structure, and life span.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Carnivorous Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the characteristics, soil requirements, and prey of carnivorous plants.
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Handout
Wonderville Media

Wonderville: African Elephants

For Students K - 1st
African elephants are the biggest land animals on the planet, standing up to 13 feet tall and weighing as much as 14,000 pounds. They are even bigger than their elephant cousins in Asia. You can tell them apart because their ears...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Adaptations for Aeronautical Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity first asks the students to study the patterns of bird flight and understand that four main forces affect the flight abilities of a bird. They will study the shape, feather structure, and resulting differences in the pattern...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Nhmu: Living Food Web

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will be able to name some plants and animals that live in Utah's desert, forest or wetland ecosystems.
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Website
Other

Sos Children's Villages: Our Africa Geography and Wildlife

For Students 5th - 7th
Our Africa is a project that allows the children of Africa to film their lives and their country the way they see them. This section summarizes the geography and wildlife and includes videos about forestry, the Nile, Lake Naivasha, and...
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Gambel's Quail

For Students 9th - 10th
Become informed about the Gambel's quail by examining this brief article from the Brookfield Zoo. This animal guide includes quick facts, a photo, and details on its appearance, eating habits, and habitat.
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Handout
The BIG zoo

The Big Zoo: Dama Gazelle

For Students 6th - 8th
Here at theBigZoo.com you will find an overview of the Dama Gazelle. Content includes a focus on what this animal eats, where it lives, what are its natural predators, its social structure, and reproduction. A video clip is also included.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Life in the Arctic Tundra

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Can you imagine what life is like in the Arctic Tundra? You can find out when you depart on your adventure to this frozen paradise. This resource provides several activities, lessons, experiments, and more.
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Website
Adventure Learning Foundation

Adventure Learning Foundation: Southern Africa

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the geography, culture, history, and people of Southern Africa in this site. It includes journal excerpts, pictures, maps, and classroom activities.
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Activity
Other

Jean Craighead George's Website

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Science & Nature: Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are some awe inspiring photos of cheetahs. Included you can also find a fact sheet detailing such things as: physical description, distribution, habitat, statistics, and more.
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Website
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Habitat

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the basics of a few habitats and then create an ecocolumn--a simulated cross-section of a biome such as a rain forest--with your own environment.
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Bat Eared Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about the bat-eared fox by taking a look at this reference from the Brookfield Zoo. In addition to quick facts, this animal guide offers details on its appearance, environment, and eating habits.
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Black Footed Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to quick facts, the Brookfield Zoo presents information on the social and eatings habits, appearance, conservation matters, and other characteristics of the black-footed cat.

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