Curated OER
Populations
Learners calculate the area of grasslands needed to support a small pride of lions. They also identify food web links in an ecosystem and trace the energy pathways in an ecosystem.
Curated OER
What Do You Do With A Butterfly Garden?
Fifth graders build a butterfly garden and perform caretaker duties. They volunteer to perform authentic tasks related to their personal interests. Students research butterfly gardens to determine what plants are necessary for the...
Curated OER
Information Safari
Learners go to the library and research animals using features in the text to help them organize information. For this locating information lesson plan, students complete this task in teams.
Curated OER
Communication in Bees
Eighth graders identify and interpret a scientific investigation and a hypothesis through experimentation and testing a hypothesis. They identify what scientists hypothesized about the communication of stingless bees. Finally, 8th...
Georgia Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium: African Penguin
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, conservation status, and physical and special characteristics of the African Penguin. Penguins can be viewed live on the webcam.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: African Elephants
African elephants are the biggest land animals on the planet, standing up to 13 feet tall and weighing as much as 14,000 pounds. They are even bigger than their elephant cousins in Asia. You can tell them apart because their ears...
BBC
Bbc: African Buffalo
Check out these amazing images of African buffalo. To learn more about them, read the outline of facts to the side of the images.
University of Oregon
Mapping History: African History
Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in the history of Africa as it went through the colonial rule to reach independence.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Animal Communities
At this site click on the pictures to find out about an animal community in Africa. Think about how animal communities are like your community. Think about how are they different.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: 19th Century: African American Christianity, Pt. I: To the Civil War
Essay tracks the various religions associated with the African-Americans since their introduction to the New World. Different interpretations from historians are offered for discussion of whether Christianity was helpful to the slaves.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Sitatunga
Comprehensive reference information about the sitatunga, an African antelope, including taxonomic classification, habitat, physical description, and other details.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Greater Kudu
Comprehensive reference material on the greater kudu, an African mammal, with information about its appearance, habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, and positive and negative economic importance for humans.
Animal Fact Guide
Animal Fact Guide: African Elephant
Are you looking for information about the African elephant? This reference source on the elephant that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and...
Animal Fact Guide
Animal Fact Guide: African Penguin
Learn more about African penguins with this resource guide that explores their habitat, diet, conservation facts, and more.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Largest Land Animal: African Elephant
The African elephant is the world's largest land animal. Facts about this amazing animal can be found here. Included are two audio files of an elephant's vocal sounds, as well as a video of an elephant swimming.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta Africana Africana)
Explore images and facts about the African Bush Elephant, including details on its evolution, appearance, habitat, breeding, diet, behaviour, and much more.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta Cyclotis)
Explore images and facts about the African Forest Elephant, including details on its evolution, appearance, habitat, breeding, diet, behaviour, and much more.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Clawed Frog (Xenopus Laevis)
Explore the world of the African Clawed Frog and gain a greater understanding of this amphibian through statistics and information on its appearance, habitat, behaviour, diet, and more.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Tree Toad (Nectophryne Afra)
Explore the world of the African Tree Toad and gain a greater understanding of this amphibian through statistics and information on its appearance, habitat, behavior, breeding, conservation status, and more.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Wild Dog (Lycaon Pictus)
Illustrated entry offers a discussion of the history, appearance, habitat, behavior, and diet of the African Wild Dog, with statistics.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Giant African Land Snail (Achatina Fulica)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Achatina Fulica, more commonly known as the Giant African Land Snail.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Civet (Civettictis Civetta)
Explore images and facts about the African Civet, including details on its evolution, appearance, habitat, breeding, diet, behaviour, and much more.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Palm Civet (Nandinia Binotata)
Learn facts about African Palm Civets, including details on their appearance, evolution, habitat, breeding, diet, conservation status, and predatory lifestyle.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: African Penguin (Spheniscus Demersus)
Explore images and facts about the African Penguin, including details on its evolution, appearance, habitat, breeding, diet, behaviour, and much more.