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World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Tropical Forests

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction and overview of the tropical forest, or rainforest, habitat. Includes a link to information about what lives in a tropical rainforest.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biodomes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:manu: What's Happening to My Species?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn about animals from Manu, create a mask depicting a selected animal and role play that animal. Discuss the selected animals and the threats to their survival in the Manu rainforest.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Rock Residents: What Lives Under a Rock?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
For this activity, students first listen to a story about animals that live under rocks, then go on an exploratory nature walk to see what animals they can find, living in their own small habitats. They write about their discoveries in a...
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New York Times

New York Times: Scribd: Living Things Cause Changes on Earth Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This detailed lesson plan will have the students researching why and how animals make changes to the Earth. Students will discover that animals make changes on Earth for various reasons such as shelter, protection from predators, and...
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Crayola

Crayola: Counting 'Til the Pigs Come Home (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A fun lesson plan for younger students incorporating art, math, and writing. Student create their own counting stories, and illustrate them. Also provides resources and adaptations. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Habitat

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do you need to survive? Food, water, shelter? Animals need the same things and they live in places that can provide them. This informative site looks at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction and behavior of the red...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Coloration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This competent site describes how structural adaptations help organisms survive. Deceptive and advertising coloration are explained.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Animals and People: Who's Behaving Badly?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the great variety of animal behaviors by observing them in their natural habitats, and examine the relationship between people, animals and the environment.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Understanding Ecosystems: Adaptations 3 of 4

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand how animal and plant adaptations help them to survive in their ecosystem. Web links will allow students to play games and learn more about adaptations.
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Other

Switch Zoo: Where Do I Live?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In these games, you will move the animals who live in Switch Zoo to their original home continent or ocean.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Proficient Puppeteers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal. Students then...
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Other

Project Wild: Aquatic Times [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teach students to be more aware of issues surrounding aquatic animals and their habitats. Includes lesson, extension activities, and evaluation ideas.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Showbiz Safari

For Students 1st - 4th
Lights! Camera! Action! Our movie director needs your help! Help Walrus pick actors based on the traits that best fit the movie role. Which furry mammal will get the most wanted role in the blockbuster film "Paws"? Which water loving...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Habitat Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate creatures living under a rock and then present their findings on a class display and writing in a journal.
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Other

Brooklyn Expedition: Structures

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you've ever wondered how animals use their homes or what we are made of, this is the place to look. This site from the Brooklyn Children's Museum explores the shared characteristics among animal skeletons and homes, architecture, art...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Square of Life: Ant Day Care Center

For Teachers 1st - 5th
For this instructional activity, learners use the engineering design process to create a home for ants where they can be observed for one day.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Endangered Animals for Kids: Wildlife Conservation

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore wildlife conservation including saving animal habitats, captive breeding, and tracking animal populations on this site.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Hibernation "A Time to Sleep"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site is filled with creative and educational activities for your unit on hibernation. These activities include hibernation clocks, KWL chart, hibernation mural and more.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals

For Students 3rd - 8th
National Geographic site offers interesting facts on some of your favorite animals. Offers photos, postcards, fun facts and more.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Build an Iron Age House

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to build an British Iron Age house by following these step by step instructions. Measurements given in metric system.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: South Carolina Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart explores habitats that support the different kinds of animals that live in the state. Students match pictures of animals to their habitats, unscramble letters to find the names of the...
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Kidport

Some Animals Live in Rock Caves

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site has brief illustrations and sample locations as to where the tiger, the bear, the moray eel and bat live.

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