John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Monsters
Following a reading of the epic poem Beowulf and the contemporary text inspired by it, Grendel, students create their own monster. Lesson plans provide assessment criteria, extension ideas, and a list of resources.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gila Monster
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. [3:55]
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Gila Monster
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on Gila monsters including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Gila Monster
Meet the Gila monster and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Monster Musical Chairs [Pdf]
A instructional activity based on the book, Monster Musical Chairs, by Stuart J. Murphy. Students learn, through a game of musical chairs, that any supply of goods is limited and not everyone's wants will necessarily be met.
Other
Dr. Seward's Gila Monster Web Site: Gila Monsters
In addition to covering morphology, range, unique adaptations, activity patterns food & metabolism, and intraspecific interactions, this this site examines several interesting superstitions and fables related to the gila monster.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs
This is the complete text of the novel "The Monster Men" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Monster Men"
This site provides the complete etext for Edgar Rice Burroughs's story, "The Monster Men."
Arizona State University
Asu School of Life Sciences: Monster Manual
Here is the place where you can build your own monster. All living things, including monsters, have an instruction manual for building and making their bodies work. These instructions use a special code, most often known as a genetic...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Gila Monster
This complete site presents a wealth of information in fact sheet format. In addition, find out how Native Americans viewed the Gila monster and how a component of its venom is being investigated as a possible drug to treat type-2 diabetes.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vo. 5, Issue 5: Monster Stories [Pdf]
This magazine article discusses legends of monsters like Big Foot and The Loch Nest Monster. It explains how studies have disproved the existence of these monsters.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Gila Monster (Heloderma Suspectum)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Heloderma Suspectum, more commonly known as the Gila Monster.
Read Works
Read Works: Monster of the North
[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.
Other
Crunchzilla: Code Monster
An instructional program that shows students how to code using JavaScript. The Code Monster and his speech bubble are at the top of the screen where kids read straightforward explanations, commands, and questions. Code Monster is simple...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Giants
Learn more about the Giants of Ancient Greece, huge, frightful monsters who tried to attach the Olympian gods.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Medusa
Learn more about Medusa, the monster of Greek Mythology whose hair was snakes and could turn people to stone with a glance.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Minotaur
Read to learn more about Minotaur, a cannibalistic monster who had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Gila Monsters
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Gila monster characteristics, diet, and habitat. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its range and a video that shows these poisonous lizards in action.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Shape Monsters!
Kindergartners love making things, and this activity allows them to create a unique shape monster and practice numbers recording the shapes used.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Gila Monster
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Gila monsters with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Goya, the Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Quiz)
How much do you know about Goya's work The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Cerberus
Learn more about Cerberus, Hades' monster dog and the guard of the Underworld, who had three heads and snakes on his tail and mane. He guarding the entrance to the underworld to prevent the dead from exiting.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Typhon (Typhoeus)
Learn more about Typhon, a terrifying part man part beast monster whose mission was to destroy the earth and cause problems for Zeus.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Monsters
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 54 vocabulary words pertaining to monsters, creatures, or scary ideas. It also includes an extensive word list and lesson ideas on the same subject.
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