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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Lab: Fragile X Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an exceptional site for anyone looking for information about Fragile X Syndrome. Causes, diagnosis, treatment, quality of life, and many other topics are available. Animations, video, audio, and interviews make this interactive...
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World Wildlife Federation: Sea Turtle: Loggerhead Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
This nicely illustrated description of the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle provides conservation information about this marine reptile.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Goats

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth description of goats, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures, video, and sound bytes.
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US Fish and Wildlife Service

U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered Species Coloring Book [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service presents The Endangered Species Coloring Book. A PDF file filled with pictures and descriptions of eight endangered plant and animals.
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Inner Body

Innerbody: Animation of a Capillary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Innerbody.com has an amazing animation of how a capillary works; there is even a detailed description to help understand the process.
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Switch Zoo: Make New Animals

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Students choose from many different animals to combine a head, body, and tail in order to create a new animal of their own. Facts and information on each animal type are provided, and once the animal is complete, students can add a title...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Giraffe Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 5th
Giraffe's have many physical adaptations. This site provides a worksheet and asks students to connect the physical adaptation description to the correct place on the worksheet.
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The Domains and Kingdoms of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a description of the history behind the 5 Kingdom system suggested by Robert Whittaker. An extensive list of resources is included.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Animals

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden provides animal descriptions of several grassland animals. Content includes pictures, fact sheets, and more.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Inheritance of Gene Variations

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated description of George Shull's research of hybridization explains one of the key components of evolution, inheritance of gene variations.
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Curated OER

Curing Animal Skin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life.
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Buzzle.com: Animal Sake: Triassic Period Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief descriptions of the climate of the Triassic Period and of the plants and animals. Includes a lengthy list of the animals that lived during that time.
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Wis Travel: Wisconsin History

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise summary of the history of the state of Wisconsin. Learn about its first explorers and inhabitants through its admittance to statehood. There is also a long list of state symbols given after the text. Click on one to see a...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: American Black Bear

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the American Black Bear through this informative resource. Gain a new perspective of this mighty animal when you learn more about its' habitat, behavior, characteristics, and more.
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Dr. Saul: Biology in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site provides animations and activities in several areas of physiology. The images are simple, but clear. The accompanying text provides a good description of the process being shown.
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PBS

Pbs Nature Critter Guide: Mammals: Aardvarks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This PBS Critter Guide gives a brief description of the aardvarks life and habitat. This site would be useful for students who need help narrowing their Internet research information into a manageable amount.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Elephants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that the elephant is the largest animal in the world? Discover more about where they live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this site.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Platonic Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that the five regular platonic solids (tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, cube, and dodecahedron) were thought to represent earth, air, fire, water, and the universe? This chart shows an image and provides a description...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Rolling With the Animals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After reading Duck on a Bike by David Shannon, the writer will plan an original story where an animal (other than a duck) finds itself in a human mode of transportation (other than a bike). Three other animals will react to the unusual...
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University of California

Ucmp: Learning About Vendian Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
UC Berkeley offers very nice photos and descriptions of what is known about fossils of animals from this era.
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University of Wisconsin: Invertebrate Fossils of Wisconsin

For Students 9th - 10th
A great collection of invertebrate fossil pictures, accompanied by a description of the fossil and where it was found.
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Connecticut Deep: Loggerhear Sea Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
A full description of the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle including information about physical characteristics, habitat range, reproduction, threats to its survival, and conservation efforts to help the species.
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Blue Poison Dart Frog

For Students 9th - 10th
The Blue Poison Dart Frog was not even discovered until 1968. This effective site describes the physical characteristics, diet, size, range, population status, and predators of this fascinating animal.
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World Wildlife Fund: Tigers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the beloved but endangered tiger. Learn about their habitat, diet and the threats to their lives. More information on this animal can be found under the links on the left hand side.

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