Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Book About Animals
This lesson will allow students an opportunity to create a book about the different characteristics of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and insects. This lesson can be used as a wrap-up project for a unit on animals. This is a fun way for...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: English Springer Spaniel
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the English Springer Spaniel.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: German Pinscher
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the German Pinscher.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Harrier
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Harrier.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Needs of Living Things
Learn about the five things that all living things need to survive and why they are critical for both plants and animals.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Flamingos
This San Diego Zoo resources gives the reader facts about the Flamingos. Characteristics like diet, habitat and genetic makeup are shared.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Emu
This San Diego Zoo resources gives the reader facts about the Emu. Characteristics like diet, habitat and genetic makeup are shared.
Other
Study of Northern Virgina Ecology: Black Carpenter Ant
Lots of information about the black carpenter ant. Learn about their physical characteristics, colonies, life cycle, food sources, and predators. A detailed chart listing many plants and animals permits exploration of their relationships...
Globio
Glossopedia: Rhinoceros
Rhinoceroses, or rhinos, are big and ancient-looking and can be dangerous. They can also be shy and are seldom seen. Once there were hundreds of rhino species, but today there are only a few. This article provides an in-depth look at...
Globio
Glossopedia: Skates and Rays
There are more than five hundred different species of skates and rays in our oceans. Scientists say that these fish are closely related to sharks, sharing a common ancestor from around 400 million years ago. This article provides an...
Globio
Glossopedia: Seals
Seals are mammals that live parts of their lives on land and other parts entirely in the water. They breed and care for their babies on land, but spend most of their lives in the ocean. This article provides an in-depth look at these...
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Arctic Fox
Learn more about the arctic fox through this clear and concise site. This resource features photos, characteristics, behavior information and more about this fascinating mammal.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Black Tailed Jackrabbit
Explore the world of the Black-tailed Jackrabbit when you visit this educational site. This site features information on the habitat, characteristics, range, diet and more of this fascinating placental.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Our Trip Around the Biomes
During this lesson, students travel to the biomes by way of the Internet. They learn the characteristics of biomes, including animals, plants, temperatures, etc. Students then use this information to create a slideshow presentation to...
Other
Sun Site: General Characteristics of Reptiles
This site explains what reptiles are, where they live, what they look like, how they move, how they breathe, what they eat, what their sense organs are, and how they reproduce.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Mammals
What is a mammal? Find out some common characteristics here.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Amphibians
What makes an amphibian? Check out this site for some exciting characteristics.
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Flamingos
Outlines the characteristics of the flamingo, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify with whales with a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper intermediate or...
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Animal Species: Red Indian Fish, Pataecus Fronto
A description of the Red Indian Fish, which lives only off the coasts of Australia. Description includes identification, habitat, feeding and diet, as well as other characteristics or qualities of the species.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Ocean Animals: Mollusks
The Missouri Botanical Garden describes the characteristics and natural history of mollusks in text and color photography.
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Baleen Whales
Outlines the characteristics of the baleen whale, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify whales with a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper intermediate or...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Venus Flytrap
Learn about the characteristics, cultivation, and conservation of the Venus flytrap.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botantical Garden: Sponges!
This site from The Evergreen Project gives an easy to understand description of the Sponges.
University of Michigan
Critter Catalog: Myriapods
This informative site provides a description of the characteristics of Myriapods. Local animals (southeastern Michigan) in these groups are then examined in further detail. Pictures and classification groupings are included in this site.