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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Saola (Pseudoryx Nghetinhensis)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a photograph and fact card about the Saola, a type of antelope. Discusses their classification, where they are found, physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Scorpion (Scorpiones)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the scorpion. Discusses where they are found, their classification, lifestyle, physical characteristics, reproductive behavior, and the threat they pose to humans.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Sea Lion (Otariidae)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the sea lion. Discusses where it is found, its popularity as an attraction, characteristics, the different species, diet, development, social behavior, and facts about its feet and teeth.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Sea Turtle (Chelonioidea)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about sea turtles. Discusses where they are found, the different species, egg-laying behavior, threats, diet, migration, reproduction, predators, and size.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Serval (Leptailurus Serval)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the Serval, a type of cat. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics and anatomy, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators, interesting facts,...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Silver Dollar (Metynnis Argenteus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and facts about the silver dollar, a freshwater tropical fish. Discusses their popularity for aquariums, where they originate, their behavior, diet, predators, lifespan and reproduction, and care when kept in an...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Skunk (Mephitis Mephitis)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and facts about the skunk. Discusses the different species, physical features, special characteristics of baby skunks, diet, behavior, the danger from cars, and reproduction.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Snapping Turtle (Chelydridae)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the snapping turtle. Discusses where they are found, diet, physical characteristics, different types of snapping turtles, and mating behavior.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Snowshoe

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and facts about the snowshoe cat. Discusses their origin, physical characteristics, popularity as a pet, temperament, and behavior.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Snowy Owl (Bubo Scandiacus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the snowy owl. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, range of travel, nesting behavior, reproduction, diet and feeding, and predators.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys Radiata)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the radiated tortoise, a critically endangered species. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet,...
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Other

Animal Corner: Attax

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an overview of the addax and includes details on physical characteristics, diet, habitat, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Animal Shelter Photographer

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Scent of an Alewife

For Students 3rd - 8th
This video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. [3:34]
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Biology Corner

Biology Corner: Isopod Behavior Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab activity explores the environmental conditions preferred by the pill bug.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Animal Einsteins: If Only They Could Talk!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the communication skills of animals. Explore their ability to associate abstract concepts or signs with specific objects or actions by solving a puzzle involving decoding symbols.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Animal Einsteins: Figure That One Out

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate problem-solving techniques by using observation and data analysis skills. Observe how different people solve the same puzzle and make conclusions about how humans and animals think.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a Better Moth Trap With Different Colored Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you affect the behavior of moths by using different colored lights to attract them? This extensive science fair project from Science Buddies gives lots of suggestions on how to set up an experiment and variations of that experiment...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dog Smarts: What's Going on Behind Those Puppy Dog Eyes?

For Students 6th - 8th
Have you ever wondered what goes on in your dog's mind? Even though humans have the benefit of language, trying to understand another person's thoughts can be hard enough sometimes. This project will show you some behavioral tests you...
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Why Crafty Crocodiles May Be Sleeping With Eye Open

For Students 5th - 8th
New research on the sleeping behavior of crocodiles. Includes video.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Graphic Organizers (Spanish)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Canaliza tu "Poder Animal" interno mientras que ves Wild Kratts! Investiga mas a fondo en los videos utilizando estos recursos de aprendizaje.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Animal Profiles: Wolves

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to information about different kinds of wolves, this site gives extensive information about wolf behavior. Find out the many different ways wolves communicate with each other.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animal Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how animals communicate with visual, sound, touch, and chemical signals.

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