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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Eastern Grey Kangaroo

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC Wildfacts profiles the eastern kangaroo of Australia with photographs and a fact sheet.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Koala

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about koala bears.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Wallaroo (Euro)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this description of a Wallaroo to find out why this animal is not a wallaby or a kangaroo.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Wombat

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.
Website
PBS

Nova: Bone Diggers: Anatomy of Thylacoleo

For Students 9th - 10th
Thylacoleo or the extinct marsupial lion had an unusual array of adaptations that enabled it to be an effective predator. Explore an interactive fossil of the lion to learn more about each of its' adaptations.
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Australian Museum

Australia Museum: Thylacine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Thylacine, once an inhabitant of Australia is now extinct because of excessive hunting and competition with dingos and dogs. The Australian Museum provides general information on this interesting carnivore and photographs of the last...
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Peramelidae (Bandicoots & Bilbies)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very brief overview of the Australian bandicoot.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Red Kangaroo

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, illustrated with many photographs, profiles the red kangarook, Australia's largest kangaroo from nearly 60 species.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Thylacine

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal webpage is a brief description of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Can You Dig It?

For Students K - 1st
Set in the Australian desert, players become bilbies to search at night for food while looking out for hungry predators like dingos, foxes, and swooping eagles.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Eastern Pygmy Possum

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the eastern pygmy possum of Australia in this illustrated article.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Red Kangaroo

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Red Kangaroo, Australian marsupial that hops and carries the joey in a pouch.
Article
Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: Koala

For Students 3rd - 8th
Guide to the koala that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation status, and tips on what you can do to help.
Article
Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: Quokka

For Students 3rd - 8th
Comprehensive resource on the Quokka features facts about the physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation, and tips on what you can do to help.
Website
PBS

Nova: Bone Diggers: Australia's Vanished Beasts

For Students 9th - 10th
Get profiles of 10 different examples of Australia's extinct megafauna. Each profile includes a picture of what the animal looked like.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tasmanian Devil

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Tasmanian devils with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.