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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: To Build a Fire

For Students 6th - 8th
Follow this inexperienced Yukon adventurer in "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. Read the full text of this naturalist short story.
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Other

Virtual Exploration Museum: The Burden Expedition to Komodo Island

For Students 9th - 10th
The exciting adventures of W. Douglas Burden, American naturalist, who captured the first live Komodo dragons and brought them to New York.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Theodore Dreiser

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of American Naturalist author Theodore Dreiser, including personal background and important works.
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Website
Morning Earth

Morning Earth: Maria Sibylla Merian

For Students 9th - 10th
You'll enjoy reading the biography of one of the first woman scientists known. Oserve Maria Sibylla Merian's paintings on this informative site along with a picture of this superb naturalist.
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Handout
National Audubon Society

National Audubon Society: John James Audubon 1785 1851

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains biographical information of one of America's most famous naturalist painters. The website describes the life of the famous wildlife artist John James Audubon, born in 1785.
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EL Education

El Education: E2 River Scientist Study

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was created by fifth and sixth grade students at in Amherst, Massachusetts. As part of study of the local watershed, students interviewed and worked with local scientists who were involved with studying and promoting the health...
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EL Education

El Education: Field Guide to the Aquatic Gardens at Forest Park

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
3rd grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts created this field guide as part of a learning expedition on ecosystems and pond life. Students did fieldwork in the city park and worked with local experts, closely examining the ponds....
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EL Education

El Education: San Diego: A Story of Exploitation and Restoration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work together with college professors, museum experts, naturalists, historians, and industry leaders to research and create a field guide indicating the effects of growth and changes in hunting and fishing industries in San...
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Handout
Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: John Muir

For Students 9th - 10th
John Muir was a famous naturalist and founded the Sierra Club, now a worldwide organization.
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Handout
Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Increase Lapham

For Students 9th - 10th
Increase Lapham was an early naturalist and engineer who catalogued many effigy mounds and native plant species of Wisconsin, along with the climate and the geology. He also drew early maps of the state. He also helped establish many...
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Website
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Thoreau Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a detailed chronology of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 CE). Give information on his life, writings, and lectures.
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Website
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Thoreau: Genius Ignored

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of Henry David Thoreau. Includes information on nearly every known period of his life, including his life at Walden and his essays and writings.
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: David Hockney

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of David Hockney, Pop artist. Examples of his work with some explanation. There is a link to a short discussion on the Pop movement.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: A History of Evolutionary Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum site note on the history of evolutionary thought and includes scientists and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of life on Earth. Links are provided for da Vinci, Linneaues, Erasmus Darwin, and others.
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Handout
Victorian Web

Victorian Web: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography of Darwin, including his travels and his published works. Includes links to online copies of selected publications, along with information on related subjects.
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Handout
Other

Saarland University: Lorenz Oken

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, concise biography on Oken (1779-1851 CE), a natural scientist, natural philosopher, and doctor.
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Website
Other

The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides a brief chronology of the American short story divided into periods and providing important authors of the period and their works.
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Website
Morning Earth

Morning Earth: Rachel Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise site features a short biography of Rachel Carson supplemented with photos of this marine biologist and writer.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Sister Carrie

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of Theodore Dreiser's novel, Sister Carrie. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of Sister Carrie.
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Website
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Usfws: Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

For Students 9th - 10th
You can learn all about the flora and fauna of the great swamp. A great place to take students, scouts and family.
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Website
Other

Ed Web: Mi the Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on multiple intelligences, and touches on all seven postulated in Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming: Murie Ranch Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
A group of several cabins in Grand Teton National Park that were owned by naturalist Olaus Murie, his wife Margaret Murie and scientist Adolph Murie and his wife Louise in the 1940s.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Kennicott Grove

For Students 9th - 10th
The home of Robert Kennicott, an American naturalist.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Adolf Erik Nordenskjold

For Students 9th - 10th
A Swedish naturalist and explorer, born in Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 18, 1832; died Aug. 12, 1901. He was an explorer of the polar seas.