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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Field

For Students 3rd - 5th
A virtual lab that explores how offspring inherit different traits from their parents. Investigate these traits both in animals and plants. Understand that variations in offspring can lead to traits that allow survival. Lab includes...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Life's Little Questions: Can You Beat Jet Lag

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the human body's need for a normal cycle of dark and light and apply this to an understanding of biological clocks in other animals. Test the effect of light on the development of mealworm larvae into adults.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Age Two

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, Cloud, a two-year-old horse, interacts with his family in the wild. [3:23]
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: White Nosed Coati

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site features a wide range of information on the White-Nosed Coati. The content of this resource includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, and more.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Nature: Elephants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that the elephant is the largest animal in the world? Discover more about where they live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this site.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a reptile? Use this resource to understand the basic facts of all reptiles and click to detailed information on many specific types.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Turtle and Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about turtles and tortoises, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick facts, fun facts, interesting facts, and photo bytes are part of this comprehensive site.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about the chimpanzee, as well as several pictures and audio clips.
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Website
Purdue University

Purdue University: Medical Entomology: Horse and Deer Flies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Horse flies and deer flies are significant pests to both humans and animals. This site describes their life cycles, feeding patterns, and some methods of controlling them.
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Website
Other

Parasitology: Chapter Five: Cestodes

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive look at numerous types of tapeworms that infect different animals. The site contains numerous pictures and life cycle diagrams. There are links to lectures and additional websites.
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Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plants are one of the two major Kingdoms of living creatures on the Earth. They are the only beings which produce their own food. Additionally, plants are necessary for animals to live. Plant anatomy, life cycle, reproduction and the...
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Handout
Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Monarch Butterfly

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn animal facts about the appearance, behavior, life cycle, and diet of the monarch butterfly.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Peary Caribou

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get to know the Peary Caribou.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making it a perfect site for younger researchers.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Moose

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get to know the Moose.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this large mammal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
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Handout
Tree of Life Project

Tree of Life: Cnidaria (Coelenterata)

For Students 9th - 10th
TThis site from the University of Arizona has a discussion of Cnidaria and their reproductive cycles and capabilities.
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Website
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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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Butterflies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An in-depth description of butterflies, with information about their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures. [3:17]
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Handout
Other

Sangres: Living With Wildlife Mountain Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of the Colorado mountain lion including description, habitat, range, diet, young, reproduction, other common names it is known by, and even how to act if you should come upon one of these cats in the wild!
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Amphibians

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers extensive information about amphibians. Visitors can click on the listed amphibians for further information.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Frogs

For Teachers 1st
First graders gather information from a variety of texts to more deeply understand the connections between literary and informational texts. They build on knowledge of the seasons to focus on the life cycles of animals, specifically...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animal & Human Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about viruses of humans and other animals, the Baltimore classification system, and the HIV life cycle.
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Handout
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: African Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers information about the African Lion, including scientific information, description, habitat and more.

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