Come and discover more about reptiles and amphibians when you explore this awesome resource. This site is filled with useful links.

Kids learn about the savanna grasslands biome. This tropical ecosystem is full of large herbivores like zebras, giraffes, and wildebeests.

Unlike Norwegian Lemmings, Brown Lemmings do not migrate en masse when they overpopulate their homes in the treeless regions of the north, but they do tend to wander. These are stout-bodied, herbivorous rodents with extremely short...

The African elephant is the largest living land-dwelling animal. Use this resource to discover unique facts about this herbivorous animal.

This site explores the world of the Northern Pintail. Students and teachers will learn about this species' behavior, characteristics, life cycle, diet, habitat and range through this informative source.

"Breaking the Food Chain" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about the food chain which links plants and animals. If the food chain is disrupted, it can cause plants and animals to disappear. It is followed by...

At this site students are encouraged to try and answer questions that relate to what animals eat. At the bottom of the web page are beautiful pictures of land and sea animals and when selected, students will be able to read short facts...

Ecosystems contain two kinds of commodities: matter (nutrients) and energy. Nutrients cycle through the ecosystem, available for repeated use by organisms. These cycles of use and reuse are called biogeochemical cycles. Energy instead is...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about dinosaurs and how scientists learn about them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes an example of a plant-eating dinosaur, the Stegosaurus, its appearance, and its eating habits. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...

This site provides a general overview of the Bactrian camel. Content details this animal's diet, habitat, social structure, and predators.

This resource provides information about the western gorilla.

Find facts and various learning activities about mammals.

An interactive online game to explore what animals eat.

The resource includes information on two different species of elephant, the African Elephant and the Asian Elephant.

This resource provides information about rhinoceroses.

This is the interactive ebook "Dinosaurs!" Children can read along, listen to, or read the story independently.

Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Allen's swamp monkeys with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.

Hadrosaurus foulkii was the very first dinosaur skeleton ever found. It was excavated in 1858 from a field in New Jersey. The story of the discovery, the excavation and the huge impact this had on the scientific world are described in...

The duckbilled dinosaur was a type of hadrosaurus and existed in New Jersey in the Late Cretaceous Period. A few fossil specimens have been found in areas of New Jersey, with the very first partial skeleton being discovered in...

A fact file on the dinosaur, Muttaburrasaurus, found in Australia.

Lesson plan to construct and explain a food chain. Includes games and activities to teach and reinforce concepts.

Students will use a card sorting activity to construct a food chain and identify the role of organisms within that chain. The cards represent different individuals in an ecosystem and will help students begin to understand the concepts...

An information page about the Iguanodon, a dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous period over 100 million years ago.