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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cool Math

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students benefit from the correctly selected book for a specific math concept.  In this book selection lesson, students are given a list of books related to specific math concepts.  Students' ages can range from pre-school to fifth grade. 
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Website
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Our Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource provides photos and animal fact sheets that list special adaptations for a wide variety of animals. See some animals with their young.
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Website
Other

Colchester Zoo, England

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is the homepage of the Colchester Zoo in Colchester, England. There is information about the zoo and the animals. There is a virtual tour and there are real player and QuickTime videos under the "Display and Feeding Times" category.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Kids' Farm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a virtual tour of the Kids' Farm at the National Zoological Park. Read about the animals and how to take care of them. You can even learn to grow your own pizza garden.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: My Zoo a B C by Raphael Tuck & Sons

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book My Zoo A B C by Raphael Tuck & Sons (1890), an alphabet book with zoo animals.
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Website
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Welcome to the Oakland Zoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site allows users to tour the Oakland Zoo and view all types of animals from A-Z. Offers links to cool stuff and a world safari.
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PPT
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Halloween Pumpkin Treats for Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
View many photographs of animals enjoying Halloween treats at a zoo in England.
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EL Education

El Education: Forest Park Zoo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide to the animals at the Forest Park Zoo was created by 1st grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was part of a Learning expedition on animals. Students, through fieldwork...
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Website
Other

Leningrad Zoo (Official Site)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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eBook
Other

Internet Service Providers Austria: The Online Zoo [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This 68-page story book aims to teach children about the Internet and its possible challenges in a playful way. In the Online Zoo, the animals use the internet. During her daily tour around the zoo, Director Elsa discovers that Panda...
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: Moving at the Zoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Look at the many different types of animal movement that you can see at the zoo. Book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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Activity
Other

Lil' Fingers: Who's at the Zoo? Learn the English Words for Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short animated story about zoo animals. See wonderful pictures matched to the words for lions, polar bears, giraffes, monkeys, elephants, and more.
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Website
Other

Zoo Madrid: Oso Pardo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Spanish-language information about brown bears.
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Website
Other

Zoo Madrid: Pinguino De Jackass

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Spanish-language information about penguins.
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Website
Other

Zoo Madrid: Pandas Gigantes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Spanish-language facts and information about panda bears.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Meet Our Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from the National Zoological Park provides extensive information about many types of animals. Just click on the category you need. Includes pictures and live web cams.
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Website
Discovery Education

Animal Planet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Butterflies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An in-depth description of butterflies, with information about their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures. [3:17]
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Jaguar

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides detailed information about the jaguar. It also provides several photos and a video. [0:48]
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Warthog

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about warthogs with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics, conservation, and unique features.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: We Saw Him at the Zoo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, the mentor text utilized is Deborah Guarino's book, Is Your Mama a Llama?, with the focus of sentence fluency. Each student will think of an animal that that has the same initial sound as his/her name. Using the...
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Arctic Fox

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about arctic foxes with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Klipspringer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about klipspringers with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics, communication, and unique features.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Western Lowland Gorilla

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about western lowland gorillas with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics, conservation, and unique features.

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