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Secretariat: Official Web Site of Secretariat
Welcome to the official homepage of Secretariat, thoroughbred racing's 1973 Triple Crown Champion. History, performance statistics, and more can be found here.
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Teacher Resources: Mounties
Many students view Mounties as simply policemen on horses. But it is important to understand the Mountie not only as a Canadian symbol, but also for the role they took in shaping the development of Western Canada. This site has many...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Researchers studying the history of life on Earth spend hours digging, examining, pouring over fossils. What can fossils reveal about the past? Find out what fossils...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Zooarchae O Logist
An interview with Sandra Olsen, a zooarchaeologist studying the history of horses in Kazakhstan. Discover what zooarchaeologists work on in the interview.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Livestock Horses
For a very good primer on horses, visit this site. It contains an alphabetized listing of different types of horses, and the pages include the history of various breeds and their physical features.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Riding Ripley
Learn what is involved in riding and taking care of a horse. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Animales De La Granja
This interactive vocabulary site on farm animals includes not only the correct Spanish pronunciation of nouns, but some verbs, as well as sounds that the animals make. Pop-ups of the correct spelling are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Tv: City Horses Part Ii
Wild TV short video in which riders discuss the benefits of coming to the Cedar Lane Stables in New York City. [2:59]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cloud
A round up of wild horses proves too strenuous for a young colt in this video segment from Nature. Watch a video about this and follow up with discussion and writing prompts. [7:06]
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Abc of Horses by Harry Payne
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The ABC of Horses by Harry Payne, (1880?) an ABC picture book using a type of horse for each letter.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Horses
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Horse, a picture book for children.
University of Florida
U. Florida Museum: Fossil Horse Cyber Museum
An interesting site about prehistoric horses. Has a large gallery of fossilized horse pictures as well as an area explaining how a horse becomes fossilized.
Other
Field Trip Earth: Takhi Recovery in the Gobi
Field Trip Earth takes a look at the Prezewalski Horse Recovery done in Mongolia's Gobi desert. This was a species of horse that was brought back from near extinction. Learn about the project, the species, and the region it inhabits....
Other
Facilisimo: Mascotas Y Hogar
A wealth of information, entirely in Spanish, about a wide variety of pets: dogs, cats, birds, horses, reptiles, fish and others. Colorful photographs accompany descriptions of different breeds. Care and training advice is also offered...
University of Missouri
University of Missouri: Determining Age of Horses by Their Teeth
Can the age of horses be determined by looking at their teeth? Yes it can and this competent site explains how to do it.
Other
Horse Breeds: All About Horses
An overview of horse care, health, riding and much more can be accessed here. This comprehensive site also provides breed specific photographs and information.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Horse (Equus Caballus)
This website identifies the defining characteristics of the Equus Caballus, better known as the horse.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Zorse (Equus Zebra X Equus Caballus)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Equus zebra x Equus caballus, otherwise known as the zorse.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Song for the Horse Nation
An exhibition about horses in Native American cultures takes a sweeping look at the ways in which Native peoples, past and present, regard horses and horsemanship. Learn how the horse transformed Native approaches to the hunt, warfare,...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: The Horse
This resource presents illustrated essays about horses, developed in conjunction with museum-mounted exhibition, cover a wide range of topics, including the evolution of horses, the domestication of horses, the nature of horses, and the...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: Horses Actors by Maria Izquierdo
Explains how Maria Izquierdo uses the concept of balance in her painting, Horses Actors. Also describes the content of the painting and gives a short biography of the artist. Students can answer questions about the painting, and compare...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur
Explains how Rosa Bonheur uses gradient value in her painting, The Horse Fair. Also describes the content of the painting and gives a short biography of the artist. Students can answer questions about the painting, and compare and...
Read Works
Read Works: Amazing Animal Helpers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shared information about the helpfulness of dolphins, dogs, monkeys, and horses. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Do You Know? Horses
A quick way to learn horse vocabulary. Students take an interactive quiz, check their answers, and then read why each answer is correct or incorrect.