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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Frontiers Decade: Wonders of the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific Breakthroughs in Germany: Flight of the Dragonfly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs, and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.
Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Travel Brochure for a Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity offers an alternative to cell models to help the students to understand cells and their functions. Students are required to produce a travel brochure that describes a plant or animal cell as if it were a large exhibit or...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Flamingo Cam

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Zoo features a selection of live animal cams including a live animal cam of the zoo's flamingo flock. In addition to the live cam, this site features information and pictures of other bird life at the zoo.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Black Howler Monkey

For Students 9th - 10th
There are many interesting facts about the loudest animal in the New World, the black howler monkey, on this informative site.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Walt Disney

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of entrepreneur Walt Disney including early life, work as an artist, beginning animation, movies and television, theme parks, and fun facts on this site.
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Other

Webucate: Free Multimedia Resources for Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A labor of love created by a school in Great Britain. This is a well-organized image gallery with photos and other resources presented by topic, e.g., animals, places in the US, science, sports, etc. Though nothing to compare with a...
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Other

The Leatherback Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization of scientists and future scientists to preserve the Leatherback sea turtles and their nesting beaches.
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Other

Wolf Recovery Foundation: Yellowstone Wolf Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
This report, written by the president of the Wolf Recovery Program, records the history and current status of the wolf packs of Yellowstone National Park. The report tracks individual members of the packs and shows what happened to each...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Women in American History

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. you can follow brave-hearted women through a timeline of unbelievable "Herstory." Impressive site tracks the unsinkable American woman from Early American adventurers like Sacagawea and...
Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Life as a Wildlife Biologist

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site describes the skills needed for a career in Wildlife Biology. Includes link to a quiz that tests the student's knowledge of Wildlife issues.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Deserts

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Sonoran Desert in North America to Colorado's Great Sand Dunes all the way to Africa's Namib Desert, explore these incredible deserts and discover what scientists are doing to preserve these great lands. Peruse through an online...
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Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Model of a Carousel: Centripetal Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource features an applet that models the motion of a carousel ride at an amusement park to demonstrate centripetal force. The motion parameters can be modified and seen in the animation.
Handout
Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Spruce Bogs

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spruce bog is a northern type of habitat and is formed between small bodies of water and forests. Learn about a Spruce bog in Algonquin part and view a panorama movie of the bog.
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Curated OER

Tortuga

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Venezuela's Canaima National Park including its landscape, vegetation, animal population, the Pemon indigenous people, and much more.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Cameroon: Sangha Trinational

For Students 9th - 10th
Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around 750,000 ha. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and...

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