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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Ragdoll

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the ragdoll, a domestic cat. Discusses their breed, physical appearance, and temperament.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Maine Coon Cat

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about the Maine Coon Cat, largest domesticated breed with good temperament. Does it make a good pet?
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Pigs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource offers a clear and concise description of domesticated pigs. Students who need help narrowing their informational search will benefit from this type of condensed resource.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: The Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents illustrated essays about horses, developed in conjunction with museum-mounted exhibition, cover a wide range of topics, including the evolution of horses, the domestication of horses, the nature of horses, and the...
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State Univ: Breeds of Livestock Other Species

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a good overview of the use of "other species" that one would not immediately think of as a domesticated mammal. Examples include Buffalo and Llamas.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Bombay

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the Bombay cat, including their appearance, temperament, and value as a pet.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Animal Husbandry

For Students 9th - 10th
Reference page takes a look at the history of animal husbandry which deals with the domestication of, care for, and breeding of animals.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Abyssinian

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides images and a summary of the Abyssinian Cat while offering statistics and details on the breed's temperament and value as a pet.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Javanese

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the Javanese cat, including their appearance, temperament, and value as a pet.
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Other

Ark Animal Tracks: Careers With Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Vocational article about working as an animal trainer for both wild and domestic animals.
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University of Chicago

University of Chicago: Teach Middle East: Hunters to Farmers

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay reviewing the history of the Neolithic Revolution where humans begin as nomadic hunters and gatherers and evolve into villages with domestic agriculture and animals.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Watch Out! That Wild Animal Might Be Rabid!

For Students 3rd - 8th
The word rabid often makes people think of an animal that is extremely violent, crazy, and maybe even foaming at the mouth. But not all animals infected with the rabies disease fit that description. Nevertheless, it is important to avoid...
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Other

International Guide Dog Federation: History of Guide Dogs

For Students 3rd - 8th
This page from the International Guide Dog Federation explores the evolution of dogs as human companions, as well as the history of dogs as service animals. This resource also includes a timeline describing how dogs came to be used as...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a natural history museum, provides short information blurbs and fun facts on over 240 different common animals categorized by type (mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians,...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Model of Domestic Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
The wooden model of domestic animals features a cow, two calves, and three donkeys. Through magic, the domestic animals will come to life to provide for the deceased in the afterlife.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Spotted Tailed Quoll

For Students 9th - 10th
The world's second largest carnivorous marsupial, the spotted tailed quoll, is no bigger than a domestic cat and found only in Australia.
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Livestock Goats

For Students 9th - 10th
A good history of our use of goats and links to the major breeds of domesticated goats and their specific uses.
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Andre Dollinger

Reshafim: Meat and Fish

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at the role meat and fish played in the Egyptians' diet. Many kinds of animals were domesticated for use of both upper and lower classes. Hyperlinks for more information.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Dogon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dogon are a group of about 250,000 people who live primarily in the districts of Bandiagara and Douentza in the western African nation of Mali. They are primarily agriculturists, their principal crops being millet, sorghum, rice,...
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Coyote

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about coyotes? Learn more about how adaptable this animal is to new surroundings when you check out this informative resource. Explore this website to find more facts and information ranging from what these animals eat...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Anuak

For Students 9th - 10th
The Anuak live in a region straddling the border of the southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The Anuak language is most closely related to Shilluk. Together, the two languages comprise a subfamily within the larger classification of Nilotic....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Dogs Have Floppy Ears?

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered why some dogs have floppy ears, but wolves don't? This video by NPR's Skunk Bear illustrates the evolutionary process that may explain why certain domesticated animals look and act differently than their untamed...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Pictures & Stories From Natural History by Mc Loughlin Bros.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Pictures & Stories from Natural History by McLoughlin Bros. (1886), a nonfiction, illustrated book about all types of animals including domestic, farm, wild, and...
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Other

Todo Perros

For Students 9th - 10th
A good place for Spanish speakers to find everything related to dogs. Topics run the gamut: dog sports, dog cemeteries, breeders, pictures, veterinary medicine, dog care, and dog products, ads, and shops.

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