The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery, London: Ite: Learning Ideas and Outcomes: Subject Focus
This extensive lesson plan uses the painting 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' as a starting point to learning in science. Students will use the work by Reubens to learn about a variety of animals and their habitats.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Habitats
What is a habitat? In this lesson, students will identify that a habitat has four elements, food, water, shelter, and space. Students will identify their own habitat and create a brochure describing the habitat in terms of food, water,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Got Energy? Spinning a Food Web
Students learn about energy flow in food webs, including the roles of the sun, producers, consumers and decomposers in the energy cycle. They model a food web and create diagrams of food webs using their own drawings and/or images from...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Beanie Baby Habitats Collaborative Project
With the booming market of "Beanie Baby" type stuffed animals being so prominent in learners' lives, this project brings that interest into the classroom through the use of research, science, hands-on experiences, and technology. The...
Other
Shunya's Site: Cheetah
A brief overview of cheetah's size, characteristics and habits are listed on this site. It also provides 20 high quality images of cheetahs in their habitats.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: All About Lizards Lesson Plan
Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Alligators & Crocodiles
This resource provides detailed facts about alligators and crocodils, including how to distinguish between a crocodile and an alligator, information on their eating habits, how a mama crocodile protects her young, and more. There are...
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Red Kangaroo
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Red Kangaroos highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Llama
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of llamas highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Mammals at Risk
Ord's Kangaroo Rat and Western Harvest Mouse are two prairie mammals that are being affected by the erosion of their habitats. The proposed drilling of gas wells in Alberta and the loss of prairie grasslands to agriculture are factors...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gila Monster
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. [3:55]
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environments and Ecosystems
Students explore the biosphere and its associated environments and ecosystems in the context of creating a model ecosystem, learning along the way about the animals and resources. Students investigate different types of ecosystems, learn...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Majestic Peaks
In this activity, students research plant and animal life on mountains, as well as different weather regions. They then work in groups to present their information to the class.