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Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple: How Do Animals Spend the Winter?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.
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Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Deciduous Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about this hardwood forest, its wildlife, and plant species. View a panorama movie of a typical Hardwood Forest in the summer.
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Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Coniferous Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the Coniferous Forest and its wildlife and plant species. View a panorama of a Coniferous Forest in Algonquin Provincial Park.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Born to Be Wild, Polar Bears

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Research the diet, habitat and behavior of polar bears, and compare and contrast the issues surrounding polar bears in their environment with those of bears in the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Rewrite a human/bear encounter from the bear's...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: White Bass, a Taste of Home?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson uses a real-life event to teach students about wildlife management, in this case of fish. The event was that the white bass, a fish preferred by local Hmong anglers, was moved from one lake to another in St. Paul, Minnesota....
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Giraffes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This multi-media National Geographic site includes video and audio clips and fun facts all about giraffes. Students can even send a postcard to a friend.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Animals

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this comprehensive resource on the birds and mammals of the tundra. This resource features information such as diet, class, order, size, habitat, conservation range and the like.
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Other

Miami University: All About Bird Nests

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you think that all bird nests are alike read the about the study that this professor has conducted. You'll realize that there is so much more to bird nests than you thought.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Birds for Kids

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about birds and their habitats and different types. What makes an animal a bird? How do they fly?
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: A Giraffe Debate

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Research, take and defend a position on the question of why the giraffe population is threatened and which is more important: survival in a wildlife sanctuary or quality of life in the wild.

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