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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: Cheetah Highways

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn some facts about cheetahs in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: Sawfish

For Students 2nd Standards
Learn some facts about sawfish in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: The Black Rhinoceros

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn some facts about the black rhinoceros, an endangered species, in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: The Migrating Whooping Crane

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn some facts about whooping cranes in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: Good Day, Gorillas!

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn some facts about gorillas in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: The Best Turtle in the West

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn some facts about the Western pond turtle in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: A Nest for African Penguins

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn some facts about the African penguin in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: A Home for Elephants

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn some facts about the Asian elephant in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Other

Catastrophism and Mass Extinctions

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Walter and Luis Alverez's theory that a large meteorite crashed into earth causing huge tidal waves, showers of ash, and an enormous dust cloud.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Endangered Animals for Kids: How They Become Extinct

For Students 1st - 9th
How do endangered species and animals become extinct? Hunting, pollution, loss of habitat, and introduced species all play a part and are discussed on this site.
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Wordville: Extinct Turtle Found

For Students 4th
Read a short informational text called "Extinct Turtle Found," and then choose the correct answer for comprehension questions at the end of the selection.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Killed the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
This Evolution Web feature explores how evidence can support a variety of hypotheses surrounding the mystery behind the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: Dinosaur Floor

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a tour of the dinosaur floor and you'll read several theories about why dinosaurs became extinct.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Fruitful & Inventive Mind of Scientist Luis Alvarez

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, reprinted from the fall 1979 LBL News Magazine, was written about Dr. Luis Alvarez and his part in the study of geological sediments and the great extinctions.
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Indiana University

Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Geo Notes: Dinosaur Fossils Not Found in Indiana [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the mass extinction event that wiped out many prehistoric animals 65 million years ago and why there are no dinosaur fossils to be found in Indiana.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks

For Students 9th - 10th
A great reference source for a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. This exhaustive resource also has some prehistoric extinct animals that students can compare to their living counterparts to increase their understanding of...
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Kids Do Ecology: Endangered Species and Conservation Biology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about conservation biology as it relates to endangered and threatened species. Learn about the factors contributing to the loss of species and what efforts have helped bring some animals back form the brink of extinction.
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University of California

University of California: The Age of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This online chapter of a book studying biodiversity and conservation explores the evolution of mammals, from the extinction of the dinosaurs to the evolution of humans.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteritics of animal evolution, including adaptation, speciation, extinction, animal parternships and natural selection.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Woolly Mammoth

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the woolly mammoth, their importance to humans during the Ice Age, and possible reasons why they became extinct. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
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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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Museums Victoria

Museum Victoria: Wild: Thylacine (Thylacinus Cynocephalus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about Thylacines, also known as Tasmanian Tigers. They became extinct after 100 years of Europeans settling in Tasmania.
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University of California

Ucmp: Georges Cuvier

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California, Berkeley offers a biography of George Cuvier. Scientific ideas of George Cuvier are presented, such as those related to comparative anatomy, fossils, the idea of extinction, and others....
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Why Do We Need an Amphibian Ark?

For Students 9th - 10th
Amphibians have a challenge to rise above and are unable to succeed without the help of a vision like Amphibian Ark. This program is viewed to be a global effort to protect amphibians from extinction and promote the benefits these life...

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