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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Adaptations in the Animal World

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about how animals adapt through evolution and how some plants and animals are becoming extinct.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Takahe

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know what a Takahe is? Get the facts on this bird that was once thought to be extinct. Included are five photographs.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Moas

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature provides a concise introduction to the moas. Learn about these now extinct large flightless birds that used to call New Zealand home.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Scallop

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief look at fossil evidence that reveals the life and ecological interactions of the extinct scallop.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Crassatellid Clam

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at what fossil evidence reveals about the life and ecological interactions of this extinct species of a clam.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Bison [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 4, Issue 1) article focuses on Bison. It explains the difference between bison and buffalo, how the Native Americans used them, how they were hunted to near extinction by settlers, and how they are returning to...
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Other

Fossil Museum: Paleobiology

For Students 9th - 10th
This table is an overview of the appearance and extinction of major groups of organisms through geologic time.
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Curated OER

Sedl: Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
This second lesson in a course on dinosaurs is devoted to extinction. There are group activities, discussion of the idea, and a way to assess what the students have learned.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Extinction of the Western Empire: Great Invasions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article from the 1901 textbook by William Morey, you read about the split of Rome into East and West. and the invasions of swarms of barbarians.
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University of California

Ucmp: Welcome to the Dinobuzz

For Students 9th - 10th
Site details with the current topics concerning dinosaurs. Site covers dinosaur speeds, dinosaur extinction, warm-blooded dinosaurs and more.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how interspecific competition affects extinction and specialization.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Endangered Animals

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids: What is an endangered animal? Many species are in danger of becoming extinct. How can we help?
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by The Franklin Institute Online. "Open the door and step into your ecosystem." Content describes ecosystems and related material such as biomes, habitats, energy cycle, extinction, recycling, and more.
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Mammoth Site Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the website for The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. The Mammoth Site boasts the largest concentration of mammoths in the world. You can tour this indoor active dig site and view Ice Age fossils. The site offers a video...
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Pocantico Hills School: Meet the Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do other kids know and love about dinosaurs? Here's an exciting place to compare what you know about the "terrible lizards", and to learn more from this school site.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Life Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This unit covers the processes of photosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry and bioremediation. In the first lesson on photosynthesis, students learn how engineers use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex...

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