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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Phenology and Weatherguide Calendar
An activity where students observe the grounds around their school to study the plant and animal life cycle. Students will make a map of the school to keep track of their observations. Students will also compare their phenology calendar...
Purdue University
Purdue University: Medical Entomology: Horse and Deer Flies
Horse flies and deer flies are significant pests to both humans and animals. This site describes their life cycles, feeding patterns, and some methods of controlling them.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is Alive?
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 students take a look at life cycles of plants and animals. This lesson will encourage students to explore...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: A Nest for African Penguins
Learn some facts about the African penguin in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Are the Life Processes in Animals?
Kamoku is a boy from Hawaii who is interested in the seven life processes. Do you know what these are? Join Kamoku and discover them with him.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Black Widow Spider
Learn all the basic facts about black widow spider including description, habitat, diet, life cycle, adaptations, and social structure.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Hooded Oriole
What makes the Hooded Oriole unique? Find out when you visit this educational resource featuring information ranging from diet and habitat to behavior and life cycle.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Why Do Young Grow Up to Look Like Their Parents?
Kevin and his grandfather, Omag are going to the zoo. Join them and learn all about animal classification and life cycles.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Pond Life Animal Printouts
Filled with printable pages of both plant and animal pond life, Enchanted Learning features fact sheets with color pictures.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Butterfly (Papilionoidea)
Illustrated entry describes the Butterfly with details about its habitat, physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and other facts.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Red Handed Tamarin (Saguinus Midas)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the red-handed tamarin. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, behavior and lifestyle, diet, predators, life cycle, and the threat from deforestation.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Rock Hyrax (Procavia Capensis)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the rock hyrax, an unusual mammal that looks like a rodent yet is related to the elephant. Discusses its physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Orang Utan (Pongo Pygmaeus
Provides photographs and a fact card about the orangutan. Discusses where they are found, the two species types, physical characteristics and anatomy, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Rat (Rattus Rattus)
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.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Red Panda (Ailurus Fulgens)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the red panda. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators, interesting facts, threats from humans,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja Ajaja)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the Roseate Spoonbill. Discusses where they are found, where the name comes from, physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Saola (Pseudoryx Nghetinhensis)
Provides a photograph and fact card about the Saola, a type of antelope. Discusses their classification, where they are found, physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Serval (Leptailurus Serval)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the Serval, a type of cat. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics and anatomy, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators, interesting facts,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the polar bear, a species that is threatened. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis Larvatus)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the proboscis monkey. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators, interesting facts, threats...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys Radiata)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the radiated tortoise, a critically endangered species. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet,...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Puffin (Fratercula Arctica)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the puffin. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators, interesting facts, threats from...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Elephant
This resource provides detailed information about the elephant, as well as several pictures and audio clips. [1:00]
Other
Study of Northern Virgina Ecology: Black Carpenter Ant
Lots of information about the black carpenter ant. Learn about their physical characteristics, colonies, life cycle, food sources, and predators. A detailed chart listing many plants and animals permits exploration of their relationships...