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Enrichment 101 : A Basic Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a good overview of the topic of captive animal enrichment -- keeping captive animals healthy and thriving. Good for those interested in animal welfare, animal keeping occupations, or a general interest in the whole...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Arctic Animal Robot

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create four-legged walking robots and measure how far they travel across different types of surfaces. They design and create "shoes" to add to the robots' feet and observe the effect of their modifications on the net distance...
PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Microbial Life: The Winogradsky Column

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice animation of how to create a Winogradsky column using bacteria from pond mud. Learn how "mud can be mixed with several ingredients to provide food and other substrates for the bacteria to use" to survive.
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Canal Kids: Arte (Explore Art?for Kids?in Portuguese)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
History of the development of cinema, painting, theater, music, and dance--for kids. Visitors can explore how music is mixed, listen to radio, and watch the making of animated cartoons, among many other activities.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The New Zoos: Return to the Wild

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the history of zoos, and design blueprints for an enriched "new zoo." Research genetic problems in captive animals.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: Sharon Cleans Up!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this online children's story, Sharon, with the help of her animal friends, cleans up the pollution in our environment to make it a happier and healthier place to live. Site includes other fun activities and games as well as parent and...