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Discovery Kids: Jimi Rock Undersea Adventures
Students can learn about the world's oceans in this safe, online, undersea world. Visit virtual dive sites, create characters, and play aquatic-themed games. Students can play some games free, or they can sign up for a membership for a...
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Polar Bears
Outlines the characteristics of the polar bear, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify with polar bears with a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper...
PBS
Pbs Nature: Beavers
Can you name the largest rodent that lives in North America? The beaver happens to be the correct answer. Explore this brief but interesting resource to learn where beavers live, what they eat and how they socialize.
PBS
Pbs Nature: Otters
Discover more about how otters live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this informative resource. This condensed site will benefit students who need help narrowing their research information.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Beaver
Come and check out this site about beavers. It features information on the characteristics, range, habitat, reproduction, range, food and more of this fascinating rodent.
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Wicked Diving: Napoleon Wrasse
Because this site belongs to a diving tour company rather than to an aquarium or museum, the information about the Napoleon wrasse is "up close and personal." Learn basic facts about these fish, but also learn how they react to humans in...
Kidport
Some Animals Live in Rock Caves
This site has brief illustrations and sample locations as to where the tiger, the bear, the moray eel and bat live.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Seychelles: Geography
A description of the climate and terrain of the the islands that make up the country of Seychelles. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
PBS
Nova: Deep Sea Beastiary
Get descriptions and pictures of numerous deep sea fish. Discover the adaptations that enable them to survive at tremendous depths.
Songs for Teaching
Songs for Teaching: Types of Biomes
Doug Eldon performs this great song which tells about the different biomes and their characteristics. Great way to begin your unit on the biomes.
Curated OER
Unesco: Italy: Monte San Giorgio
The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245-230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon...
Curated OER
Unesco: Mexico: Sian Ka'an
In the language of the Mayan peoples who once inhabited this region, Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'. Located on the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as...