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Kids Health: How Can I Remove Hair Safely?
Shaving is a routine that some people go through each day with little thought. However, there's more to hair than meets the eye. Find out the different hair types, procedures for removing hair, and the positive and negative aspects for...
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Eternal Egypt: Leg of Bull Amulet
An unusual amulet of the leg of a bull of the sort that was called an "assimilation amulet," which confers on its wearer the attributes of the animal. This amulet provides its possessor with the savage strength, the courage and the...
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The Idiom Connection
Users can search this list of idioms and their explanations either alphabetically or by subject matter, such as Food Idioms, Business Idioms, or Animal Idioms. There are also quizzes on each category of idiom so students can test their...
Read Works
Read Works: Clara and Phillip the Turtle
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Clara who finds a turtle with a broken leg. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Science: Week of 11 19 12: Leggiest Creature in the World
The Illacme plenipes millipede is probably the "leggiest" creature in the world with 750 legs. This feature from the Smithsonian provides a video and images of this creepy, crawly insect.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Scorpions
All information about scorpions can be found on this website. These arachnids have eight legs, pincers, and a stinger on their tail that can poison.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees are loud, smart, and very social creatures. They have big bodies with long arms, short legs, and strong hands that allow them to easily grab a variety of objects. Chimpanzees can be found in Eastern Africa. They spend just...
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Aardvarks
The aardvark looks a bit like a pig. Its body is stout, with an arched back, and is sparsely covered with coarse hairs. Its legs are medium length. Its front feet have four toes, while the back feet have five toes. Each toe has a large,...
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Galagos (Bushbabies)
Bushbabies are incredible jumpers, and they can hop across distances as great as 20 feet, tucking their arms and legs against their bodies. Learn more about Galagos (Bushbabies) in this well-constructed overview by Wonderville.
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Pittsburgh Zoo: Ostrich
The Ostrich is characterized by its long neck and legs, and its ability to run at speeds reaching 45 mph. Use this resource to discover other interesting facts about this large bird.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Insects Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over insects. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Bastet
The statuette depicts the goddess Bastet as a gentle cat, her sacred animal, sitting on its haunches with a long tail curled around one leg and with rather long ears.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the Goddess Taweret
The statuette represents Taweret, the goddess of protection of women in childbirth. She is depicted as a female hippopotamus with the arms and the legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. The statuette is placed on a rectangular,...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Mut
The statue represents the goddess Mut in animal form as a vulture. She was usually depicted, on temple walls, as a woman wearing a long brightly colored dress and a vulture headdress surmounted by the Double Crown. This statue of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Latticed Stool of Sennedjem
The latticed stool, among the most commonly used of the time, belonged to the artisan Sennedjem. Thin struts of wood with angled braces supporting the seat and four rounded, animal-shaped legs support the chair.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Griffin
In heraldry, the griffin is a fabulous animal, with the head and forefeet of an eagle, and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion. The head is represented with pricked ears, symbolical of its vigilance. In mythology, the griffin was a...