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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Animal Life Cycles Introduction

For Students 3rd
Third graders will explain commonalities in animal life cycles as well and to compare life cycles of different animal groups.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Cool Science for Kids: Butterflies Come From?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Hands-on activity for investigating the life stages of a butterfly.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is Alive?

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson is the opening lesson for a unit of study entitled "Why Doesn't A Caterpillar Grow Up To Be An Oak Tree?" during which learners take a look at life cycles of plants and animals. This lesson will encourage students to explore...
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Entomology: Larva

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the types and function of larvae in the animal life cycle.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Pond Life Animal Printouts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Filled with printable pages of both plant and animal pond life, Enchanted Learning features fact sheets with color pictures.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Rat (Rattus Rattus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about common rats. Discusses where they are found, why they are seen as pests, predators, how humans use them for food and as pets, their life cycle, physical appearance, and diet.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Migration of the Monarch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores the migratorial exploits of monarch butterflies. [4:39]
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Other

Science4 Us: Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In online and offline activities, students broaden their understanding of animals by learning to identify and classify animals into six categories: mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates.
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Other

Marietta College: Mollusk Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Marietta College offers a detailed article on the reproduction cycle of freshwater mollusks.
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Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: The Ovarian and Uterine Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
What exactly happens when you ovulate? This tutorial explains what happens including what hormones are released and when.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Turtle and Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about turtles and tortoises, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Muskrat

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get to know the muskrat.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Muskox

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know the Muskox.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this large animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do We Cry?

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether we cry during a sad movie, while chopping onions, or completely involuntarily, our eyes are constantly producing tears. This learning module tracks a particularly watery day in the life of Iris (the iris) as she cycles through...

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