Students interact with a CD Rom to examine pond life. In this pond life lesson, students access a CD Rom entitled "Sammy's Science House CD Rom" in order to see pond life during the different season of the year. They study the associated...

Students study ponds and wetland ecosystems and examine the food chains and webs in them.  In this aquatic ecosystems lesson students answer questions about the diversity of the flora and fauna in a pond. 

In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about armadillos. Page includes links to answers, ads and resources.

A description of what an omnivore really eats. There are a lot of related links off to the right.

Omnivores, herbivores and carnivores are waiting for you. The food chain comes to life at this friendly site.

For this lesson plan, students make puppets out of paper bags and use corn to give their animal (dinosaur, raccoon, etc.) the correct type of teeth based on the animal's diet.

This lesson teaches students the three different types of diets animals may have - herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.

A reader's theater script for Dinosaur Land is provided on these pages. Two character roles are needed in this play that reinforces the difference between dinosaurs that are omnivores and carnivores.

This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the various diets of animals, including those that are herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the function of various structures in mammals.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides some examples to help distinguish between a carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore.

This site discusses the diet and digestion in all sorts of mammals, including herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. Read about different kinds of animals and their different dietary preferences.

Is the food chain shown above accurate? Does the first link depict a producer, the second link a herbivore, and the third link an omnivore / carnivore? Students must correctly determine whether a species is a producer or consumer, and...

Presents information about the black bear. Watch the accompanying video to learn how this omnivore's adaptation allows it to survive and reproduce. Site also includes lesson plans about the black bear. [10:22]

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...

This video segment explores the integral relationship between structure and function in snakes.

Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...

Comprehensive reference information about the gray fox. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this solitary omnivore's relationship with the environment.

Comprehensive reference about the American black bear. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this curious, intelligent omnivore.

Students learn about energy and nutrient flow in various biosphere climates and environments. They learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains and food webs, seeing the interdependence between producers, consumers and...

Students construct possible food webs for six different ecosystems as they learn about the roles of producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores and decomposers.

The students will become the food web in this fun interactive classroom activity. Detailed instructions, background information, guiding questions, and activity worksheets are provided.

"Many scientists believe there are two species of warthogs." Learn all about warthogs in this multi-media site. Video and audio clips as well as other web links make this a great site for student research projects.

Understand the characteristics of primates.