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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Southern Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides extensive information about the Southern Sea Otter, such as diet, habitat and cool facts.
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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium: Southern Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this comprehensive animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, conservation status, physical, and unique characteristics of the southern sea otter. They can be viewed live on the webcam.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sea Otters

For Students 3rd - 8th
A resource that explores the otter's life at sea with emphasis on keeping warm, diet, social life, and mother and pup. A live cam is set up to view the sea otters. Other sites (Marine Mammals and Octopus's) can be accessed.
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive wildlife site provides extensive data on the Sea Otter. Discover more about its' diet, population, range, behavior and more. Be sure to click on the video icon to watch a short clip on this amazing animal!
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Oregon Zoo

Oregon Zoo: Southern Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know the facts, behavior, breeding habits, and conservation of the southern sea otter who lives in the marine ecosystem.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Sea Otter (Enhydra Lutris)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the sea otter. Discusses where they are found, physical features, diet, predators, conservation status, the different species, social behavior, and mating behavior.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Sea Otter O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about the sea otter.
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the sea otter.
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BBC

Bbc Science & Nature: Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
These pictures of the Sea otter are comically adorable. Use this site to read a detailed fact sheet on the sea otter and to check out the photos.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: California Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reviews facts and information related to the sea otter. Included in the discussion is information on population trends and recent declines in sea otters.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of the history of the sea otter in North America, focusing on its role in the European fur trade of the late 18th Century, this University of Minnesota web page is concise but thorough. The nations most involved in the...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center Mammals Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Sea Otters that also includes a picture and an extensive quote from naturalist Edward Nelson.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Otters

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of a otter, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Otters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Audubon Nature Institute: Southern Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the southern sea otter to discover details about its behavior, eating habits, range, conservation status, and other unique facts.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Sea Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know the Sea Otter.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Sea Otter

For Students 4th - 8th
The Sea Otter is the largest member of family Mustelidae, and the smallest marine mammal. Sea Otters are more aquatic even than seals and sea lions, because they mate and give birth in the water. Learn more about the Enhydra lutris, more...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Sea Otter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here you can find a great printout of a sea otter as well as detailed information about the animal. Learn what a sea otter looks like, what kind of fur they have, what they eat, and who their predators are.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Explorers: Ocean Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan explores how human activity has an impact on turtles, sea otters, and dolphins in different parts of the world. Your students will read field reports from the sites and evaluate data that is offered.
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Curated OER

Sea Otter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Read Works

Read Works: Back From the Brink

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about animals that are on the brink of extinction, including the following: bald eagle, grizzly bears, Hawaiian sea turtles, and Southern sea turtles. This...
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Other

Shedd Aquarium: Animal Facts

For Students 4th - 8th
Animal facts and care for animals located at the Shedd aquarium.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Wildlife Portfolio

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center offers a portfolio of arctic animals. A page dedicated to each animal provides a physical description, personal observations of the animal in the wild, and several pictures.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Mustelidae

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia encyclopedia article explores mustelids, a family of carnivorous mammals. Content includes a look at the range of species in this family, including a look at their common characteristics.

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