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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium: Mourning Gecko

For Students 9th - 10th
This Georgia Aquarium resource is about the Mourning Gecko. An all female species, the mourning gecko is parthenogenetic, meaning it can reproduce without males.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Quetzalcoatlus Northropi

For Students 9th - 10th
Quetzalcoatlus northropi was a carnivorous pterosaur larger than an African elephant. It lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Anhanguera Blittersdorffi

For Students 9th - 10th
Anhanguera blittersdorffi was a carnivorous pterosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Other

Georgia Perimeter College: The Permian Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides basic information of the changes that took place during the Permian period as well as the animals that populated the Earth during this time.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Ophthalmosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Read information about the dolphin-shaped opthalmosaurus, and learn what fossil evidence tells us about this marine dinosaur's hunting, anatomy, and young. View a listing of quick facts about the opthalmosaurus' size and diet, and launch...
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Read Works

Read Works: Monster of the North

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the skeleton of a plesiosaur, a giant sea monster, found by scientists near the North Pole. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Varanus (Megalania) Priscus

For Students 9th - 10th
Varanus priscus was a prehistoric lizard that lived in Australia in the Pleistocene Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: How Can We Classify Animals?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Welcome to Hideaway Island where five pirates need to find crews for their ships. Join in and learn about animals with backbones.
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University of Southern California

Structure of Matter: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show that demonstrates the development of physical structure in the animal world, moving from sponges through mammals.
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University of California

Ucmp: The Tyrant Lizards: The Tyrannosauridae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California provides basic information on T. rex with links to related material great for a quick introduction.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Triassic Period

For Students 3rd - 8th
Information about the Mesozoic Era, including details and extensive links about the geology and biology of the period. A very thorough site that is geared toward 5 - 8th grades, but useful for all.
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Australian Rainforest Wildlife

For Students 9th - 10th
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: The Archelon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Archelon was the largest sea turtle ever to exist. The best specimen found, on display in Vienna, would have been fifteen feet, or four and a half meters, long when alive, and likely weighed two and a quarter tons, or 2,200...
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Other

The Idiom Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
Users can search this list of idioms and their explanations either alphabetically or by subject matter, such as Food Idioms, Business Idioms, or Animal Idioms. There are also quizzes on each category of idiom so students can test their...
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Other

Marietta College: Box Turtle Observation Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Personal site from an individual who has rescued and cared for box turtles. Nice images and good information.
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Georgia Perimeter College: The Mesozoic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an overview of the Mesozoic era, with details about each period of geological history.
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Connecticut Deep: Loggerhear Sea Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
A full description of the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle including information about physical characteristics, habitat range, reproduction, threats to its survival, and conservation efforts to help the species.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Anurognathus

For Students 9th - 10th
Anurognathus, from the Late Jurassic period, was a "tiny pterosaur and a cousin of the dinosaurs." Learn what the one fossil of this prehistoric animal, found in Bavaria, tells us about its diet, anatomy, and size. This resource includes...
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Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo: Dumeril's Ground Boa

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the Dumeril's Ground Boa. The information includes what they look like, where they are found in the wild, what they eat, and how often they reproduce.
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US Fish and Wildlife Service

U.s. Fish & Wildlife Service: Loggerhead Sea Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
Read about the current status of the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle. This article takes an in-depth look at the conservations status and efforts underway to stop the decline in the turtle population.
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Other

Brazos R. Rattlesnake Ranch: Broadbanded Copperhead

For Students 9th - 10th
The broadbanded copperhead subspecies is a relative of the water mocassin. Information on this copper-colored venomous snake can be found at this site.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Carnegie's Dinosaurs: Dino Guide: Corythosaur

For Students 3rd - 8th
Study a Corythosaurus up close with this concise resource from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
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Other

Kenya Beasts

For Students 3rd - 5th
Kenya Beasts provides information about many animals native to Kenya. Each animal is accompanied by a descriptive paragraph and photographs.
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Family Iguanidae (Iguanas)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource gives the physical and behavioral characteristics of the iguana, its habitat, food habits, and the ability to live with man.

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