Curated OER
Dog Care: merit badge
In this dog care worksheet, students use their workbook to answer short answer questions about dogs and how to take care of them. Students complete 9 questions and fill out feeding schedules to get their merit badge.
Curated OER
Dog Care Booklet
Students complete a dog care booklet. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what needs to be done to care for a dog. Students write a dog care booklet and write a story about their pet.
Canis Major Publications
Dog Owner's Guide: We're Getting Our New Puppy Today!
A concise guide of how to prepare your house and care for your new puppy when you first bring it home.
Other
Caring for a Senior Dog
This is an informative site on caring for the older dog. Extremely thorough information is provided on diseases, health conditions, and general care.
California Institute of Technology
Learning About Rainforests
Learn about rainforests with this lesson that includes facts, quizzes, movies, and more.
Other
Todo Perros
A good place for Spanish speakers to find everything related to dogs. Topics run the gamut: dog sports, dog cemeteries, breeders, pictures, veterinary medicine, dog care, and dog products, ads, and shops.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Dogs Really Do Look Like Their Owners
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article discusses the findings of a U.S. study related to dogs looking like their owners. The study also deals with the purebred vs. mongrel issue in choosing a dog.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: The Bite Stuff
Examine dog foods designed to clean teeth surface during chewing, design a human snack and measure its calories per mass. Discuss foods that might work as "edible toothbrushes" for people.
Other
Pet Coach: Dogs
Lots of information about the responsibility of owning a dog: acquiring a new dog, nutrition and care, grooming, training, and diseases.