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Read Works

Read Works:genre Studies: Informational Texts Kindergarten Unit: New Information

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Red Panda

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn animal facts about habitat, behavior, appetite, and more.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Field Trip to the San Diego Zoo

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Supplementary lesson to "Giant Panda, Endangered Species". Inspiration and Kidspiration Software are needed to use the graphic organizers embedded in the flipchart. This flipchart can be used as a guide...
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PBS

Pbs: Modeling Fraction Multiplication With Equal Groups

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This video presents a visual model for solving a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions. The problem asks students to use the amount of bamboo that a panda eats in an hour to determine how much he eats in a quarter of an...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Animal Cams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a variety of live animal cams including cams of the lions, the giant pandas, and the elephants. In addition to the live cams, information on each animal is provided.
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Other

Internet Service Providers Austria: The Online Zoo [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This 68-page story book aims to teach children about the Internet and its possible challenges in a playful way. In the Online Zoo, the animals use the internet. During her daily tour around the zoo, Director Elsa discovers that Panda...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Armadillo

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on red pandas including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Cockatoo

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on red pandas including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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Curated OER

Mei Xiang Drinking

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian National Zoo provides detailed information about Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the only two pandas currently in North America. Content also includes information about pandas in general, research being conducted at the zoo and...
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Curated OER

Mei Xiang

For Students 3rd - 8th
An overview of giant pandas is found on this page. Content includes information on their geographic distribution, habitat, physical appearance, size, life span, eating habits, reproduction, and typical lifestyle.
Interactive
National Geographic

National Geographic: Gis in Action

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use maps to solve problems and help animals. Click on an animal to learn important facts, then click on the map to see layers of different kinds of information.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the National Zoological Park right at our fingertips. Students will find many things to explore at this colorful and engaging site. Any study of animals will have a successful start here. Chances are students can catch their...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Living on the Edge

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about four endangered mammals: the golden-crowned sifaka, the long-beaked echidna, the red panda, and the Saiga antelope. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Collection

For Students Pre-K - K
Donkey Hodie online resources provide many opportunities for educators to introduce or reinforce social emotional curriculum. In every episode of this puppet series for 3-5-year-olds, Donkey Hodie and her pals, Purple Panda, Duck Duck...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Encouragement Flags

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Just because you can't do something yet, doesn't mean you won't be able to do it eventually. In this video [3:46], Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda try to climb to the top of Mt. Really High Up. Faced with frustration and obstacles, the...
Interactive
Other

In Pieces: 30 Species. 30 Pieces. 1 Fragmented Survival.

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this interactive exhibition featuring 30 of the world's most interesting but unfortunately endangered species. The exhibition provides useful research information and a video on each endangered animal.
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Read Works

Read Works: What's New at the Zoo

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about some new animals to live at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: All About China

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site from Enchanted Learning, you can learn all about China, view a map, and try some of the activities provided. Activities include printing out China's map and coloring it and learning Chinese numbers from 1 to 10.
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gallery: The Modern World

For Students 9th - 10th
Innovations in transportation, communication, and weapons transformed the world in the 20th century. The modern era is the most complex yet, and the most fragile. This photo gallery highlights some of these innovations.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Bears

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This bear flipchart is designed for kindergarten or preschool age groups. Learn about different types of bears and check out the panda and polar bear cams at the San Diego Zoo. Several questions are...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Cutest Animal Finalists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the information about animals that students have voted as being "the cutest" in a Weekly Reader contest. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Other

China Pictures

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A photo gallery that introduces China and Chinese culture in pictures. Categories of pictures include spotlight pictures, festivals, natural sceneries, people and life.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Meet Our Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from the National Zoological Park provides extensive information about many types of animals. Just click on the category you need. Includes pictures and live web cams.

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