NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Facts on Marine Fish Habitats
The depletion of marine fish habitats from NOAA affects more than just the fish - it can affect you too! Learn facts about the importance of habitat preservation for science, and for people like you.
Channel 4 Learning
4 L: Science Essentials: Choose Life
A great review for understanding life cycles and many aspects of living things. Find topics and their main ideas, vocabulary review, quizzes, and complementary activities for teachers to use.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Aquatic Biomes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Aquatic biomes can be generally classified based on the amount of salt in the water. Freshwater biomes have less than 1% salt and are typical of ponds and lakes,...
Read Works
Read Works: Awesome Animal Homes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how different types of animal homes, including mounds, nests, burrows, and lodges. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Active Science Modules: Humans and Animals Worksheets
Activities to accompany the Active science learning modules.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Habitat Destruction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] From a human point of view, a habitat is where you live, go to school, and go to have fun. Your habitat can be altered, and you can easily adapt. Most people live in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Mammal Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Traditionally, mammals were divided into groups based on their characteristics. Scientists took into consideration their anatomy, their habitats, and their feeding...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Primates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] If primates are mammals, what makes them seem so different from most mammals? Primates, including humans, have several unique features. Some adaptations give...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Mammal Characteristics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What is a mammal? They walk, run, swim, and fly. They live in the ocean, fly in the sky, walk on the prairies, and run in the savanna. There is a tremendous amount...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Terrestrial Biomes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A terrestrial biome is an area of land with a similar climate that includes similar communities of plants and animals. Different terrestrial biomes are usually...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Habitat and Niche
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Are you on the basketball team? Are you a cheerleader? Do you play an instrument in the band? Your niche would be your role or place in the school. Organisms also...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecology is the study of ecosystems. That is, ecology is the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with the nonliving part of their environment....
Read Works
Read Works: Habitats Zoos
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about zoos and the learning experience they provide. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Hidden Habitats
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the discovery of a new species of bat. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Animals: Food Chains, Characteristics, and Habitats Around the Worl
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great introduction to ways animals get food, characteristics of animals, habitats around the world. It contains pictures that will help students understand life cycles and where to...
BBC
Bbc Science & Nature: The Life of Mammals
Students can watch vivid pictures change before their eyes, from lions to monkeys to dolphins. Authors provide interactive games that aid in learning the behavior of animals. Continue to explore by investigating the habitat, diet, and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Life and Environment Relationships
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the characteristics and features of the different biomes on our planet.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Biomes of the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a Life Science lesson for students in grades 7-8. It was specifically designed to assist ESL students read, pronounce, and understand the meanings of key concepts presented in...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: World Biomes and Ecosystems
Kids learn about the world's biomes and ecosystems. The network of life and biodiversity needed for all to survive.
BBC
Bbc Science & Nature: Reindeer
The BBC provides this photo-illustrated fact sheet about the Reindeer. Once found throughout the northern latitudes, these animals are now only found in herds in Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Russia.
Other
Baltimore Co. Public Schools: Chesapeake Bay Food Webs (Online Research Model)
Food webs lesson, which focuses on Chesapeake Bay habitats, integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Lesson directs students to answer the question, how does a human-caused stress placed on the environment...
Other
Canadian Arctic Profiles
Detailed sections providing further information on the Canadian Arctic's exploration, climate, maps, migration, and indigenous people, make this resource useful for many topics. Put together with images, this resource is useful for high...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Energy in Ecosystems Habitat
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the habitats in ecosystems.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Treasures at Sea
Learn about ocean systems and habitats. Lots of reading, writing, games, and interactive activities. Colorful and fun.