Curated OER
The Fastest Pig in the West in the Classroom: Rice in China
Students explore agriculture by reading a children's book in class. In this Chinese culture lesson, students read a chapter from the book The Fastest Pig in the West and identify the importance of rice in China's economy and culture....
Curated OER
Whale Form and Function
Students identify similarities and differences in specializations of morphology among a variety of cetaceans and approximate the reasons for these specializations.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecology Lab
Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Mammal Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Traditionally, mammals were divided into groups based on their characteristics. Scientists took into consideration their anatomy, their habitats, and their feeding...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Christmas Island: What Do Animals Eat?
This lesson teaches students the three different types of diets animals may have - herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.
Other
Tulsa Walk: Birds of Prey of Oklahoma
Choose a bird of prey from a convenient drop-down menu to find out more about its conservation status, identifying characteristics, feeding habits, habitat, and nesting behaviors. Information compiled for an eighth-grade science project...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Winter Berries for Winter Birds
Find out about the change in diet for many bird species as the seasons change.
Smithsonian Institution
Kids'castle: The Tail of the Whale
A great article abstract about Orca whales. Use this site to learn how whales travel great distances, and about the personal struggle of one baby orca.