HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Spooky Spiders
This simple lesson plan is designed to introduce young young scholars to the characteristics of a spider and to classify whether a spider is an insect or an arachnid by analyzing its characteristics.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Calls of the Wild: Spider Sounds
Explore the communication rituals of insects and other arachnids by constructing a device capable of detecting minuscule impacts of cricket feet.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Terrific Tarantulas
A detailed site about tarantulas, including topics suchs as molting, structure, urticating hairs, and how to handle them.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Tarantula Bit Me!
A tarantula is a black, hairy spider that is about two to three inches long. Learn all about spiders and tarantulas in this article for kids.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tarantula
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about tarantulas with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
Other
Family Scytodidae
A web site on the family of scytodidae. Includes information about qualities specific to this family of spiders. Contains multiple pictures and a diagram.
Other
Arachnophiliac: Sun, Wind Scorpions Aka Solufigids
A site on the sun and wind scorpion species. They are not actually a scorpions, and they don't like the sun. A description with pictures. Discusses habitat.
Other
Walking Well: Arthropod Stings
This site has interesting information about stings from different arthropods like bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, ants, caterpillars, spiders, ticks, centipedes, millipedes, and scorpions.
Other
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Tarantula
This fact sheet on tarantulas provides details on physical characteristics, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other quick facts.
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Black Widow
Discover fun facts and learn about the habitat, behavior, and appearance of the black widow.