Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Map Animal Habitats

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Plum Landing activity, students will write or draw descriptions of where animals live in their neighborhoods. Students can publish their descriptions online.
Interactive
English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Animals Cloze 8

For Students 6th - 8th
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about animal habitats. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
Article
Other

Springboard Magazine: Animal Homes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A nice overview of the reasons why animals need homes as well as different types of homes. Some of the shelters featured include, borrows, hives, dens, nests, and tree hollows.
Handout
Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple: How Do Animals Spend the Winter?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pacific Ocean: What Can We Find on a Beach?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Josephine lives on the Marshall Islands. Follow her to the beach and find out what kinds of plants and animals live there.
Handout
Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Great Blue Heron

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the great blue heron.
Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Polar Bears

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the polar bear when you visit this informative site that features a diagram of the polar bear and information on its diet, habitat, anatomy, reproduction and so on.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Birds for Kids

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about birds and their habitats and different types. What makes an animal a bird? How do they fly?
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center: Lemmings

For Students 9th - 10th
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Lemmings that also includes a picture and a quote from naturalist Edward Nelson.

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