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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Camp Day 1

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Peg and Cat are helping the Farmer today, and they have a lot of work to do! Today's activities include welcoming campers, introducing camp, sorting animals, collecting 100 chickens, planting vegetables, and solving some really big...
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BBC

Bbc Nature Wildfacts: Asian Golden Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BBC provides excellent color photos of several Asian golden cats, as well as a detailed fact sheet.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Jaguar

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you want to know about jaguars? This educational resource looks at the behavior, diet, life cycle, characteristics, habitat and range of these big cats.
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Other

Who Zoo: Jaguars (Panthera Onca)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the largest big cat of the western hemisphere, the jaguar, in this detailed natural history article and photo.
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Other

Big Cats Online: Lion (Panthera Leo)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of the lion. Content looks at the lion's unique characteristics, hunting abilities, social structure, and habitat.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Lions

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lions are big cats that are related to tigers, leopards, and jaguars. The number of lions is decreasing and lions are losing habitat. A long time ago, someone crowned lions as "the kings of the jungle." But lions don't live in jungles....
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Treaty of Versailles: Peace Returns

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what happened at the end of World War I - the celebrations and the unnecessary final battles - as the Big Four (France, Britain, the United States, and Italy) sat down to begin negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles....
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Florida's Crowded Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
This article in Zoogoer Magazine by Howard Youth centers on the Florida Panther and its population growth as well as reaction to growth of big cities. The information on the panther is both informative and interesting.
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PBS

Nova: America's Stone Age Explorers: End of the Big Beasts

For Students 9th - 10th
Three opposing views about the disappearance of the "megafauna" in North America. What really happened to the wooly mammoth, mastadon, saber-toothed tiger, among other animals?
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Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Clouded Leopard

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the clouded leopard while browsing this brief overview from the Brookfield Zoo. This animal guide includes quick facts and information on its appearance, habitat, and other unique behaviors of this mysterious...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Tiger

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhaustive resource explores the tiger with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on ecology, history, behavior, habitat, conservation, and external links.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Cat on a Hot Tin Roor

For Students 9th - 10th
This Pulizter Prize winning play is analysed in depth in this fascinating look at Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Canadian Lynx

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore this educational resource to learn about the Canadian Lynx. Students will increase their knowledge of this small cat through information ranging from characteristics to diet and beyond.
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Jaguar

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive note about the jaguar includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and details about this carnivorous cat's habitat and role in the ecosystem.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Florida Panther

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the Florida Panther through this educational site. Students will find information about habitat, life cycle, diet, behavior and more of this small cat.
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The BIG zoo

The Big Zoo: Jaguar

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides some interesting facts about these large cats. Contains a physical description, information on their diet, habitat, social structure as well as birth and offspring.
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Curated OER

Cat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Curated OER

Cat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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BBC

Bbc Science & Nature: The Life of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can watch vivid pictures change before their eyes, from lions to monkeys to dolphins. Authors provide interactive games that aid in learning the behavior of animals. Continue to explore by investigating the habitat, diet, and...
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Math Cats

Math Cats: Can You Say Really Big Numbers?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice reading and writing out the number words for large numbers.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Geography: Environment: The Incredible Shrinking Sea

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes the economic policies of the Soviet Union that turned the Aral Sea, once the world's largest body of fresh water, into two smaller seas and desert. Includes a video. [10:29]
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Other

Big Cats Online: Bobcats

For Students 9th - 10th
You will find key facts, a comparison to a lynx, diet, behavior, and breeding habits of the bobcat on this thorough site.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Animal Species Profiles: Jaguar

For Students 9th - 10th
Short illustrated profile of the jaguar, the third-largest cat in the world.
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Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Pittsburgh Zoo: African Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
African lions are the only cats known to live in groups. Use this resource to learn why lions roar and other interesting facts.