Curated OER
Investigating Animals in Water
Students observe small animal activity. They identify local water animals and describe the habitats where water animals can be found. Students collect samples to observe in the classroom.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web
This resource contains thousands of descriptions about individual animal species. Many of these descriptions also includes pictures, movies, audio clips, and more.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Kingdom Animalia
What characterizes animals from plants? General characteristics of the animal kingdom are noted here. Click on Classification for the Kingdom Animalia; clicking on the camera provides pictures of each animal.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Kingdom Animalia
Learn about the characteristics that make Kingdom Animalia a distinct classification group. Explore photos and watch video clips about many species of animals.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: The Diversity of Life
Detailed information about each of the five kingdoms. Each kingdom is separately described, but information is also summarized in a table.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Invertebrates
See all the of the different animal phyla that represent invertebrates and how diverse they are with the help of short video clips.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Chordates: Amphibians: Class Amphibia
Explore the biodiversity of the Class Amphibia through videos, photos and examples. [2:34]
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Chordates: Birds: Class Birds
Through video clips and pictures, explore the orders and a variety of species found in the Class Aves.