Wildwood Trust
Habitats
The circle of life is all around us, from the black bears in the nearby mountains to the pile of dead leaves in the backyard. Encourage young scientists to take a critical look at the world around them with a set of lessons...
Rainforest Alliance
Who Takes Care of the Maya Forest Corridor?
Who keeps animals safe? Who keeps us safe? Discover the helpers that make learning and growing possible through a medley of activities that focus on habitats—ours and those in the rainforest. Scholars are asked to identify one...
Rainforest Alliance
How Do Jaguars and Howler Monkeys in Belize Depend on Us?
How does weather play a role in the lives of land and sea creatures? Find out with a lesson plan focused on habitats and the ways animals from different homes are connected. Here, learners explore how the life of a jaguar and...
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Adaptations – Designs for Survival
What's the difference between behavioral adaptations and physical adaptations? Learn about the various ways that organisms adapt to their environment with a worksheet about the creatures of the Hudson River.
Rainforest Alliance
Protecting the Critical Habitat of the Manatee and Loggerhead Turtle
Explore ocean habitats with a lesson that showcases the home of manatees and loggerhead turtles in Belize. Here, pupils compare and contrast the homes of ocean animals to those of humans, listen to an original short story about...
Michigan State University
May I Take Your Order?
If you're a pest, come and get a tasty meal here! Scholars work collaboratively to construct a mini restaurant out of a shoe box and create a menu that feeds a pest their favorite food.
McGraw Hill
Arthropods
Are spiders related to crabs? Study the order of arthropods with a reading selection about animal diversity. It provides details about each class within the order, as well as vivid pictures and explanatory charts.
Curated OER
Duck
In this ducks worksheet, students read information paragraphs about the habitat, reproduction, feeding and adaptation of ducks. Students study the photograph of the bird. There are no questions to answer here.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Black Rhinoceros (Diceros Bicornis)
Provides an overview of the Black Rhinoceros, including their habitats, appearance, behaviour, diet, and much more. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Bobcat (Lynx Rufus)
Provides an overview of the Bobcat, including their habitats, appearance, evolution, behaviour, breeding, diet, and much more. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Deer (Odocoileus Virginiana)
Provides an overview of Deer, including their habitats, appearance, behaviour, diet, and much more. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus Tetraspis)
Presents an overview of the Dwarf Crocodile, including their habitats, size, evolution, behavior, diet, breeding, and conservation status. Images of this species and fun facts can also be found here.
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.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Great White Sharks
At this site from Unique Australian Animals you can meet the one of the most feared animals of the ocean, the Great White Shark. Learn what Great Whites are really like by reading their description at this web page.
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 River Hog
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Red River Hogs highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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: African (Black Footed) Penguin
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of African (Black-Footed) Penguins 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...
Globio
Glossopedia: Seals
Seals are mammals that live parts of their lives on land and other parts entirely in the water. They breed and care for their babies on land, but spend most of their lives in the ocean. This article provides an in-depth look at these...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Arabian Desert Facts
Presents interesting information about the Arabian Desert, including its physical geography, climate, plants and animals, their adaptations to the environment, natural resources, and threats to its habitats.
Other
The Antlion Pit: A Doodlebug Anthology
Outlines the physical characteristics of the antlion order, Neuroptera. Identify them by their size, relationships with other animals, and about the antlion's role in certain cultures.