Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Livestock Sheep
A good account of the history of the use of domesticated sheep. Links to examples of specific breeds and their uses.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What's Up With All the Sheep?
In this lesson, students will compare and contrast several nursery rhymes related to sheep.
Other
Sheep 101: Learn About Sheep!
This site provides much information on sheep and shepherding. Includes Kinds of Sheep, Raising Sheep, Sheep Products, What Sheep Eat, Predators and Sheep, and History.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Sheep Brain Dissection
A very good comparative study of the sheep brain to our brain. Looking for "Memory", or more precisely the location of memory in the brain.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
This article discusses various related topics and interesting facts on the Bighorn Sheep. It also discusses current threats and dangers to the species.
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Read Works
Read Works: The Grey Sheep [Pdf]
This nonfiction narrative entails a young girl describing her family's grey sheep on the farm activities related to raising them. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Counting Sheep
Have fun counting sheep and parts of their bodies in this book. Includes audio narration in 12 additional languages with text in English.
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Hinterland Who's Who: Mountain Sheep
Canadian Wildlife site features the sheep. Highlights its habitats and habits, range, feeding and breeding characteristics.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Bighorn Sheep
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the bighorn sheep.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sheldon the Sharing Sheep
A critical part of the writing process, that tends to be overlooked, is being comfortable sharing your writing with others. An easy way for students to share their writing is by creating a classroom book. In this activity, students take...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Strange Case of the Cyclops Sheep
In the 1950s, a group of ranchers in Idaho were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with only one eye. Mystified by these cyclops sheep, they called in scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate. What...
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
Other
University of Scranton: The Sheep Brain Dissection Guide
This resource provides a guide to dissecting sheep brains. The guide goes through the process step by step. An image of the brain being dissected is shown with dissection instrutions or details on the particular structure on each page.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Sheep
This site gives an in-depth description of a sheep, including its behavior, appearance, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Other
Kiddyhouse.com: All About Sheep for Kids
This site provides lots of facts about sheep and their history, life span, importance, etc. Discusses various breeds of sheep and shows how sheep are sheared. Recommends some books on sheep as well.
Other
Kiddyhouse.com: All About Sheep for Kids
This site provides lots of facts about sheep and their history, life span, importance, etc. Discusses various breeds of sheep and shows how sheep are sheared. Recommends some books on sheep as well.
Other
Lambtown / Why Shepherds Raise Sheep
This page discusses the use of sheep wool and other products in industry. A small section in the third paragraph discusses how a sheep shearer removes the wool from a sheep.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Bighorn Sheep
Learn more about the bighorn sheep through this informative resource. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the bighorn sheep's habitat, reproduction, behavior and more.
Other
British Columbia Adventure: Bighorn Mountain Sheep
This site presents a brief overview of the bighorn mountain sheep, including a focus on this animals distribution and biology.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Dall's Sheep
Comprehensive reference material on Dall's sheep: their appearance, habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, positive and negative economic importance for humans, and conservation status.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Baa Baa Black Sheep
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication Baa Baa Black Sheep, a nursery rhyme book for children.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Sheep Farm: Numbers in Words & Numerals: Thousands
Visit Becca at her grandparents' sheep farm. There are thousands of sheep grazing around! Help Becca learn all about 4- and 5-digit numbers here.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
Read the illustrated fable "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" to learn that things are not always the way they look on the outside. Then read the same fable with modern illustrations to see a different perspective and make connections.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Nancy Shaw: Sheep in a Shop
A video of the book "Sheep In A Shop", written by Nancy Shaw, and illustrated by Margot Apple. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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