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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The New Zoos: Polar Bear Picnic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore zoos and the change in animal care, and research the physiology and habitats of polar bears. Investigate the difference between what is essential to survive and what is desirable in an enriched environment.
Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: Animals and People: Who's Behaving Badly?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the great variety of animal behaviors by observing them in their natural habitats, and examine the relationship between people, animals and the environment.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Understanding Ecosystems: Adaptations 3 of 4

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand how animal and plant adaptations help them to survive in their ecosystem. Web links will allow students to play games and learn more about adaptations.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Day at the Zoo

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a young woman named Zoe who works with animal habitats at the zoo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Interactive
Other

Switch Zoo: Where Do I Live?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In these games, you will move the animals who live in Switch Zoo to their original home continent or ocean.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 2nd grade unit on animal environments and habitats. Include web links for information on different land and water habitats, as well as a lesson on food chains.
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Other

Internet Island: Enadangered Species Project

For Students 6th - 8th
GREAT SITE! Various links to the endangered species of Hawaii. You will learn that some of Hawaii's animals are barely hanging on by a thread.
Website
National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Ranger Rick

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a very fun and engaging resource for kids and teachers. Students can learn about wildlife and ecology while reading stories and articles, playing games, and doing activities.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Plum's Creature Connector

For Students K - 1st
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring food webs. Students will learn basic information about how animals are interdependent. Students will help different animals survive in their different habitats
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Proficient Puppeteers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, young scholars create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal. Students...
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Other

Project Wild: Aquatic Times [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teach students to be more aware of issues surrounding aquatic animals and their habitats. Includes lesson, extension activities, and evaluation ideas.
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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...
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animal: Turquoisine Grass Parrot

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy the images of this beautiful bird while learning more about its characteristics and lifestyle.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Lives Under a Rock?

For Teachers K - 1st
After reading and discussing the book "Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs, and Other Ughs" by Anthony D. Frederick, students are equipped with tools for observing nature and are taken on a guided walk. They find a rock to overturn, and record...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Showbiz Safari

For Students 1st - 4th
Lights! Camera! Action! Our movie director needs your help! Help Walrus pick actors based on the traits that best fit the movie role. Which furry mammal will get the most wanted role in the blockbuster film "Paws"? Which water loving...
Unit Plan
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...
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Science Explorations: Make the Match

For Students 9th - 10th
See if you can match Galapagos Island Tortoises with the particular islands they live on. You can explore the islands to learn more about the habitats they contain.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Subnivean Comfort

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure and compare air temperatures inside and outside a snow shelter. If students choose to sleep in the shelter overnight they use the temperature measurements to confirm what they discover experientially- that snow is a...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Habitat Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate creatures living under a rock and then present their findings on a class display and writing in a journal.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Virtual Inquiry Field Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use inquiry skills to answer their own questions about an area's animals in a natural setting using motion sensing video cameras.
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Other

Brooklyn Expedition: Structures

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you've ever wondered how animals use their homes or what we are made of, this is the place to look. This site from the Brooklyn Children's Museum explores the shared characteristics among animal skeletons and homes, architecture, art...
Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Bat Houses

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how providing bat houses can be beneficial to a habaitat.
Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: How to Practice Wildlife Friendly Mowing

For Students 9th - 10th
When it is time to mow, find out the simple strategies to consider to minimize negative impacts on wildlife.

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