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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Freshwater

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the plants, animals, and other characteristics of some freshwater ecosystems.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Artful Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
African artists commonly base their work on animals observed in their natural habitats. Artful Animals lets you view African art that takes animals as its subject and inspiration. Learn about animals as symbols in African art, the beauty...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Islands

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the island ecosystem, and how its geography affects the life on it.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Homework Helper: Organism Needs (Habitats)

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive game asks you to identify the habitat needs of certain animals by building a suitable habitat for a parrot, lion, and beaver.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals

For Students 3rd - 8th
National Geographic site offers interesting facts on some of your favorite animals. Offers photos, postcards, fun facts and more.
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Read Works

Read Works: Awesome Animal Homes

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four different types of animal homes: mounds, nests, burrows, and lodges. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal List

For Students K - 1st
Good resource for animal facts, information, and photos on over 550 different animals organized by scientific name or group, location, or alphabetized name. One unique feature is the Phobia Filter. You can, if you wish, filter out groups...
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Human and Animal Habitats

For Students 3rd - 6th
An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.
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Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Teacher Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Teacher .pdf resources may be downloaded and include background reading and lesson plans to assist teachers with integrating wildlife research into the classroom.
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Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Teacher Resources

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teacher .pdf resources may be downloaded and include background reading and lesson plans to assist teachers with integrating wildlife research into the classroom.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Hush Down Under

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson students will listen to a read-aloud of Possum Magic, by Mem Fox. Students will then help the teacher search the Internet for Australian connections (animals and habitats). The students will write in their journals...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Habitats

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore different habitats and match them to the animals that belong there. After choosing a correct animal, click on the caption to get information about it.
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Polar Regions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple introduction and overview of the polar regions. Includes a link to information about animals that live in a polar habitat.
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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Ocean Habitats

For Students K - 1st
Habitats are places where plants and animals live. There are many different habitats in the oceans of the world. Every plant and animal in the ocean prefers a particular habitat. Learn about Ocean Habitats in this well-constructed...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at some of the different habitats that are home to many plants and animals including black bears, owls and various species of birds.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: What Animals Eat

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] To show the dependence of animals on the plant world, these flipchart pages contain examples of food chains and food webs, as well as other information about animals and habitats.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Acadia National Park: Animals of Acadia [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover the various types of animal habitats located in Acadia National Park. Learn about the special features that allow them to live in their habitat.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Animals

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this comprehensive resource on the birds and mammals of the tundra. This resource features information such as diet, class, order, size, habitat, conservation range and the like.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Fish Habitats

For Teachers K - 1st
During this lesson, students spend time looking at pictures of fish and their habitat, talking about what all animals need to live, making a poster of a fish habitat, and finally visiting a lake.
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Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Brook Trout Research

For Students 9th - 10th
It is a difficult job to determine the population of fish in a lake. Using a mark-recapture method gives researchers an accurate estimate of the fish population in a lake. As a researcher, your job at this activity, is to capture Brook...
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Coyotes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about coyotes on this great multi-media site. Video and audio clips, fun facts and great pictures make this a good National Geographic site for research projects.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Polar Bears

For Students 3rd - 8th
National Geographic offers this great site to help you explore a polar bear's world. Facts, video, audio, map and a postcard to send to your friends. Requires RealPlayer for audio and video features.
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Ranger Club (Dutch Version)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch version of the World Nature Fun's Ranger Club children's site. Students learn about endangered animals in different habitats, obtain pictures through the animal library and play games. Some sections of the resource offer paid...
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Giraffes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This multi-media National Geographic site includes video and audio clips and fun facts all about giraffes. Students can even send a postcard to a friend.

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