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Science Struck

Science Struck: Grassland Animal Adaptations

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the different animals that live in tropical and temperate grasslands and how they have adapted to their environment. Also discusses some plant adaptations.
Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Floor: Desert Biome: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides information on desert animals and animal adaptations. Offers links to desert plants and their adaptations, other biomes, and more.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Seeing Through Camouflage

For Students 4th - 8th
This interactive feature from the NOVA: "Leopards" Web site presents a wide variety of ways in which animals use coloration to their advantage.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shark Attack! The Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive module from the NOVA: "Shark Attack!" web site details the six senses that sharks use to find and capture their prey.
PPT
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bird Food and Bird Beaks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are almost as many types of bird beaks as there are types of food that birds like to eat. This collection of images shows a wide range of beaks and the types of foods handled by each.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bird Beak Gallery

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This collection of images of ten different birds illustrates the diversity of bird beaks.
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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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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Under in the Mud Read Aloud | Story Edventures

For Students 3rd - 5th
Under in the Mud by Laureanna Raymond-Duvernell takes you into the wintering world of ten Wisconsin animals as you listen to her read the book and talk about the animals in it. Learn about how animals hibernate, migrate, and adapt to...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Temperate Deciduous Forests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
NatureWorks offers some fascinating information about the Temperate Deciduous Forests. Students and teachers will learn what makes these forests special, what animals live in this biome, what plants grow in this biome, and more.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Floor: Biomes: Deciduous Forest: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on deciduous forest animals and animal adaptations. Offers links to biomes, a biome summary, how to read a climograph, arctic tundra and more.
Interactive
PBS

Nova: Dogs Around the World

For Students 6th - 8th
Play an interactive game where you can match modern dog breeds with the country in which they originated.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Safari: Ways of the Wild

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore the problem of wildlife management in many African countries. Apply critical thinking skills to a decision-making scenario and strategically communicate information.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Wild Places: Identifying Species

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Sort and classify insects and spiders by characteristics, using stamps from the United States postal stamp Classic Collection. Create a taxonomic key to distinguish between any four animals.

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