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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Habitats of the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site has a lesson to use to start a unit on biomes and animal habitats. This plan incorporates grasslands, temperate forests, tropical rainforests, deserts, polar ice regions, and tidepools.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Animal Communities

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site click on the pictures to find out about an animal community in Africa. Think about how animal communities are like your community. Think about how are they different.
Interactive
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Homework Helper: Organism Needs (Habitats)

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive game asks you to identify the habitat needs of certain animals by building a suitable habitat for a parrot, lion, and beaver.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Human and Animal Habitats

For Students 3rd - 6th
An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Habitats

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore different habitats and match them to the animals that belong there. After choosing a correct animal, click on the caption to get information about it.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: Pirates: What Are Some Common Habitats?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Pete is shipwrecked and exploring environments around him. Want to join him as he learns about plant and animal habitats?
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Animal Studies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This was a collaborative effort between Melanie George and Connie Roan. Learners will work in collaborative groups and investigate animal characteristics, their habitats and basic needs using the Internet and library. They will then make...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Animal Ecosystems, Adaptations and Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Animal Adaptation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitat and recognize that organisms have specific traits that help them adapt so they can carry...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mexico: What Is a Habitat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Sofia came back from a trip around the world. She noticed how each animal she saw belonged to a certain habitat. Help her learn about animal habitats and the species that live there.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Our Trip Around the Biomes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, students travel to the biomes by way of the Internet. They learn the characteristics of biomes, including animals, plants, temperatures, etc. Students then use this information to create a slideshow presentation to...
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Freshwater Wetlands

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction and overview of freshwater wetland habitats.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Animals: Unique Creatures With Great Features

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this unit of study, students will become knowledgeable of animals' characteristics, basic needs and habitats. The purpose of this unit is to educate students through investigation and research about various animals and the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Creature Comforts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
What do living things need to survive? In this unit, students explore different habitats and the adaptations made by living things to survive. Students will create a website matching an animal's adaptations to its environment. Then, they...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: What Can We Find in a Pond?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Explore Easter Island in this module to learn about the animals and their habitats.
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Other

North Carolina Zoological Society: Field Trip Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resources for students and teachers about animal conservation research programs around the world. Articles, interviews, and field reports are available.
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Kidport

Kidport: Animal Comparisons

For Students 1st - 5th
This site provides a very brief scenario about the similarities and differences of animals.
Interactive
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Urban Text: Adventures of Herman the Worm

For Students 2nd - 5th
WORMS- What are they? Where did they come from? If you are interested in Herman the Worm's family tree (biologically speaking), his body structures, or all the facts about him that you'll ever need, go to "The Adventures of Herman the...
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Other

Boggle's World Esl: Word Searches

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of more than 40 printable word search activities designed for ESL students. Searches are organized by level of difficulty (easy, intermediate to difficult) and cover a wide variety of themes, e.g., colors, verbs, the five...
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Read Works

Read Works: Organizing Information Into an Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students will take notes as they read Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire. This information will then be organized into an outline. Includes printable materials for teacher and students.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Wildlife Journal Jr: In Search of Bats

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow a bat researcher through the attics and caves of New England to find out what happens when bat habitats dwindle. Learn about the threats bats face, the benefits they provide to our ecosystem, and how we can co-exist.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: M&m Survival Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In the wild, there are two types of animals: the hunters and the hunted. A good predator is always on the prowl for fresh prey. What can an animal do to stay off of the menu? Find out how some animals use camouflage, and why sometimes it...

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