Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: A Secret Pet
A little boy pretends to have a secret pet and tells how he would care for a pet if he had one. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: Which Pet Would You Get?
A pattern story about how to choose a pet. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
Read Works
Read Works: From Pet to Threat
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems caused by exotic pets like pythons and tigers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animals as Pets: Everything You Need to Know
Choosing pets and caring for them appropriately is important for children. Many times children choose a pet without knowing the responsibility that is involved in pet care. In this lesson the students will work in pairs to research and...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: If I Had a Puppy
Learn how to care for a new puppy. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish and Turkish, with text in English.
Read Works
Read Works: From Pet to Threat
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems caused by importing exotic animals into new environments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Short summary of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever with statistics and details on the breed's temperament and value as a pet.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Chinook
Brief description and image of the Chinook and its value as a pet.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Irish Wolf Hound
Illustrated entry provides a brief description of the Irish Wolfhound and offers statistics and details on the breed's temperament and value as a pet.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Our Children's Pets by Josephine
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Our Children's Pets by Josephine (1866), a book of illustrated children's stories and poems about animals.
Other
Presidential Pet Museum: White House Pets 1953 2009
Trace the history of presidential pets from 1953-2009 with this impressive collection of photos and the leaders who owned them.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Pet Tech: Animal Training
Research color awareness in animals. Design a set of experiments to determine if animals see colors by using a computer-based paint program to create specific color characteristics, based on their "gray values".
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Careers With Animals
Wide-ranging suggestions for student who love to work with animals and don't necessarily want to be a veterinarian. Site also has links to other animal career websites.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Attitudes Towards Animals
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart exploring the moral and religious basis of our attitudes to animals.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Lyme Disease and Animals
This article from the Centers for Disease Control has a very short write-up on the causes and signs of Lyme disease, which is followed by information on how animals can indirectly transmit the disease to humans.
Other
Facilisimo: Mascotas: Reportajes: Reptiles
A wealth of information, entirely in Spanish, about a variety of reptiles that make good household pets. Colorful photographs accompany descriptions of different species.
Other
Facilisimo: Mascotas: Reportajes: Peces
A wealth of information, entirely in Spanish, about a variety of fish that make good household pets. Colorful photographs accompany descriptions of different species. Good advice is also offered on how to set up and take care of an...
BBC
Bbc: Saving New Orleans' Animals
BBC News explores the fate of many missing and abandoned animals in New Orleans. Many of those impacted by Hurricane Katrina stayed in the flooded city because they did not want to leave their pets behind. Article is from September, 2005.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales): Listening Dialogs
At this site designed for Spanish-speaking English language learners, students listen to two short dialogs about pets. They can also read the second dialog in English as they listen. Then they answer interactive questions that test their...
Other
Leningrad Zoo (Official Site)
Russian content! Gives detailed information about groups of animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Also contains many photographs of animals as well as links to other Russian and world zoos. In addition, it offers...
Discovery Education
Animal Planet
Everything you ever wanted to know about animals and so much more can be found on the Animal Planet site. Live forums, pet guides, zoo animals, games, videos are to name just a few of the avenues of information contained here.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Pets
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Pets."
Canis Major Publications
Dog Owner's Guide: Zoonotic Diseases: Diseases Common to Animals and Humans
A veterinarian lists and describes the diseases that people and their pets have in common.
Carnegie Mellon University
Lyme Disease General Information and Faq
This website, in addition to providing information on the deer tick, Lyme disease symptoms, and treatment, includes information on avoiding tick bites and finding ticks on pets. There is also information joining the Lyme Disease...
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