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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Invertebrates

For Students 9th - 10th
See all the of the different animal phyla that represent invertebrates and how diverse they are with the help of short video clips.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Invertebrate Zoology Collections Search

For Students 9th - 10th
A searchable database of the collections of invertebrates at the National Museum of Natural History. You can search by keyword, or in a more scientific way, such as by phylum or expedition.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Invertebrates

For Students 9th - 10th
Features interesting facts and colorful photos of a variety of invertebrates with a map of the location where they can be found.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Invertebrates

For Students 1st - 8th
What is an Invertebrate? Kids learn about these animals that have no backbone such as worms, mollusks, insects, and spiders.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Vertebrates and Invertebrates

For Students 9th - 10th
The characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates are described here. Includes a list of examples for each group and a chart highlighting their differences.
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: About the Animals: What Makes an Animal an Animal?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Short introduction to animals explains the important traits that all animals share and the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Cuttlefish

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world of the cuttlefish, a unique cephalopod. Students will gain a greater understanding of this mollusk through fun facts, information on the anatomy, diet, predators and more at this site.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Kingdom to Subphylum

For Students 9th - 10th
The highest category of taxonomic classification is the kingdom. This website from Palomar College presents the five kingdoms in an easy-to-read chart and discusses the Animalia and Plantae kingdoms in depth. After reading through the...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Science Vocabulary Game

For Teachers 4th Standards
Fourth graders will play a review memory game with Utah's Grade 4 Science Standard V vocabulary words during this lesson. Words associated with living things and classifications of living things are included in this lesson.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Wonderful World of Insects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will use simple classification schemes to sort Utah's common insects.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Macroinvertebrate Mix and Match

For Teachers K - 1st
Activity explores major segments of aquatic macroinvertebrates and differences between stages.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Macroinvertebrate Graphing Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will learn about water quality indicators.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Ocean Animals: Mollusks

For Students 9th - 10th
The Missouri Botanical Garden describes the characteristics and natural history of mollusks in text and color photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Smoky Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
Shrews of many kinds often live in size-ranked communities. Such a community might include large, medium, and small shrews such as the Short-tailed, Smoky, and Cinereus Shrews, which feed, respectively, on large, medium, and small...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Florida Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Hot, dry, sandy uplands in central and coastal Florida are habitats for prickly pear cactus, pocket gophers, gopher tortoises, and the Florida Mouse. Gopher tortoises dig long, deep burrows that provide homes for Florida Mice and as many...
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Other

Evidence for Evolution: Fossil Record

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. In this section he discusses how fossil records provide undeniable examples of evolutionary change.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Welcome to the Oakland Zoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site allows users to tour the Oakland Zoo and view all types of animals from A-Z. Offers links to cool stuff and a world safari.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Reproduction Process of Sea Urchins

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the physical characteristics of sea urchins and how reproduction takes place.
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PBS

Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Shell Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th
A companion to a PBS program, this Jeopardy-style game test students as they identify the characteristics of mollusks.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Are the Different Types of Flatworms

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the basic characteristics of three of the major kinds of flatworms, including tapeworms, planarians, and flukes.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Nautilus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of a nautilus, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Snails

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site gives an in-depth description of a snail, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Bees

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of a bee, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Cockroaches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of a cockroach, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.

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