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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dog Toys: What Makes One a Favorite or a Flop to Fido?

For Students 3rd - 8th
It seems as though dogs, like people, have definite preferences for their play things. This fun project investigates what makes a toy interesting to a dog. In these experiments, you and your dog can have some fun while you learn about...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature: Cloud Age Four

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short Nature video, experience the environment of Cloud, a four-year old horse living in the wild. This is one in a series of three videos about Cloud. [2:23]
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Center of the Atlantic Ocean: Animals and Their Senses

For Students K - 1st
Captain Ed Smith and his dog, Rocco, are exploring all the amazing senses animals have. Join him and discover with them.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Christmas Island: What Do Animals Eat?

For Students K - 1st
This lesson teaches students the three different types of diets animals may have - herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Marine Mammal Training

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how SeaWorld trains its marine animals.
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Animal Training: Animal Behavior & Learning

For Students 9th - 10th
Details how marine mammals at Sea World learn by different techniques, including operant conditioning, positive reinforcer, and others.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Florida Panther

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the Florida Panther through this educational site. Students will find information about habitat, life cycle, diet, behavior and more of this small cat.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Western Red Backed Salamander

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Western Red-Backed Salamander through the exploration of this resource. This site features information ranging from characteristics and range to life cycle and diet.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animal: Turquoisine Grass Parrot

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy the images of this beautiful bird while learning more about its characteristics and lifestyle.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tracking Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity adapted from the USGS Alaska Science Center, students will track the movements of a polar bear as it migrates across the changing Arctic sea ice and compare the paths of four different polar bears.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Nocturnal Animals Lesson #1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson can be part of a two-week integrated thematic unit on nocturnal animals. During this lesson, students will be introduced to nocturnal animals. They will have an opportunity to navigate web sites to learn more about nocturnal...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Teacher Resources: "Deer Talk" Activity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn to recognize how deer use non-verbal communication for mutual protection and interaction within a group and the importance of this language to the survival of the group.
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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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Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Reptiles and Amphibians

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Come and discover more about reptiles and amphibians when you explore this awesome resource. This site is filled with useful links.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Cuttlefish

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world of the cuttlefish, a unique cephalopod. Students will gain a greater understanding of this mollusk through fun facts, information on the anatomy, diet, predators and more at this site.
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BBC

Bbc Science & Nature: Platypus

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever seen a platypus? This site has action photos and a detailed fact sheet to learn more about the egg-laying mammal.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ocean Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about leatherback turtles and dusky dolphins with the Earthwatch research teams in Costa Rica and New Zealand. Choose which animal you would like to learn more about then read field reports, meet a researcher, become a researcher...
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Muskox

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about the muskox. Besides finding a detailed description of this resident of Canada?s arctic tundra, you?ll also learn about some of its unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Mammal Fact Sheet on the...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Nest Boxes, a.k.a Birdhouses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the importance of bird house boxes in backyard habitats.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Small and Mighty Mammals

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn about some of the special skills some small mammals have. Includes audio narration in Turkish and English, with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Denver Zoo: Conservation: Just Like Me

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn about the habits of different zoo animals and how they are like human children. Includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
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Songs for Teaching

Sciences Songs All Day Long: Nocturnal Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
By listening to this song your students will learn all of the animals that are awake during the night. They will equate the sounds they hear at night with the animals and their sounds in the song.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Tactile Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
Good overview of how animals communicate through tactile communication. Includes examples of different animals.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: American Black Bear

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the American Black Bear through this informative resource. Gain a new perspective of this mighty animal when you learn more about its' habitat, behavior, characteristics, and more.