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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Habitat

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do you need to survive? Food, water, shelter? Animals need the same things and they live in places that can provide them. This informative site looks at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction and behavior of the red...
Activity
Penguin Science

Penguin Science: Penguins Marching Into the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow Adelie Penguin families as they raise their chicks. Daily pictures (November through January) from the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica. are posted with data for students to keep a field journal. Inquiry classroom...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Prime Time Primates: Finger Food

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research two species of primates, the lemur and the aye-aye, to discover their survival strategies and adaptive behaviors. Select another primate species to investigate and work in a cooperative group to gather information from many...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tracking Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity adapted from the USGS Alaska Science Center, students will track the movements of a polar bear as it migrates across the changing Arctic sea ice and compare the paths of four different polar bears.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Coyote

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about coyotes? Learn more about how adaptable this animal is to new surroundings when you check out this informative resource. Explore this website to find more facts and information ranging from what these animals eat...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Habitat Destruction

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] From a human point of view, a habitat is where you live, go to school, and go to have fun. Your habitat can be altered, and you can easily adapt. Most people live in...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild in the City

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about how wild parakeets have adapted to city life in this WILD TV video segment.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Hall of Mammals: Pronghorn

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of the pronghorn and accompanying photos demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to be one of the fastest mammals.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Hall of Mammals: Crabeater Seal

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of the crabeater seal and accompanying photos demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat and survive.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Hall of Mammals: Vampire Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of the vampire bat and an accompanying photo demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat to survive.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Do Worms Behave?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate how worms will interact and adapt with their environment.
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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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PBS

Pbs Teachers:flying Casanovas: Bowerbird Basics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine characteristics of bowerbirds and their bowers. Compare and contrast various styles of bowers created by bowerbirds
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Hippotpotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents detailed information about the hippotpotamus, including several photos and an audio clip.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about hippopotamuses.
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PBS

Nature: Cheetah

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What are some of the cheetah's distinctive characteristics? Come and check out this resource featuring fun facts and information about the cheetah.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Polar Bears

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the polar bear when you visit this informative site that features a diagram of the polar bear and information on its diet, habitat, anatomy, reproduction and so on.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Orangutans

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Come and check out this awesome resource on orangutans. Students who need help narrowing their informational search will benefit from this clear and concise resource.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: The World of Penguins

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about the world of penguins? This PBS site features information about these flightless birds. Come and check out this extraordinary resource.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Surviving in the World!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
After learning about the survival traits of the chameleon, students will work in groups to research the survival traits of other animals on the Internet and will create a slide show using the collected information to share with the...
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin I: The Origin of Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the early work of Charles Darwin. Discusses Darwin's key role in supporting and describing the theory of evolution as driven by natural selection. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links...
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Clouded Leopard

For Students 9th - 10th
To learn more about this particular leopard, examine these photos and study the detailed fact sheet.
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Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: North American River Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the North American river otter by browsing this brief overview from the Brookfield Zoo. This animal guide includes quick facts and information on the appearance, habitat, social and eating habits, and other...