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Curated OER

Animal Testing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Animal testing: cruel and inhumane, or innovative and life-saving? Scholars explore the topic and form their own opinions with help from the highly informative website. Pupils read a comprehensive overview of the topic, including...
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Kindergarten Mom

Animal Alphabet Chart

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Engage young children in learning the letters of the alphabet with a fun animal alphabet chart. With the letters written in both upper and lower case and accompanied by pictures of animals beginning with each letter, this is a great...
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Curated OER

Animal Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Young scientists explore the animal kingdom from the safety of the classroom with this short research project. After first choosing an animal, children use the Internet to discover where it lives, what it eats, and how it...
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McGraw Hill

Arthropods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are spiders related to crabs? Study the order of arthropods with a reading selection about animal diversity. It provides details about each class within the order, as well as vivid pictures and explanatory charts. 
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BBC

Walking with Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Breath new life into your class's study of dinosaurs with this extensive collection of materials. Offering everything from a printable T-rex mask, word searches, and connect-the-dots activities to informational handouts, hands-on...
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Music Publishers Association of the United States

I Made It. I Own It. Please Don't Steal It.

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Explore the world of copyright law with a variety of activities to instill the importance of respecting creative property. Scholars watch an animated tale then take part in a grand conversation detailing the video's main idea, details,...
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National Institute of Open Schooling

Coordination Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Cyanide, a coordination compound, is used in the extraction of gold and silver. Part 24 in the series of 36 delves into the world of coordination compounds. Classes learn, through readings, discussions, and answering questions, how to...
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National Wildlife Federation

Penguin Fun Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What's black and white and can dive up to 1,800 feet under water? That's right, penguins! Learn this and many other amazing facts about these unique birds with this handy reference sheet.
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Curated OER

Those Wacky Greek and Roman Gods: A Quick Cheat-Sheet

For Students 6th - 10th
Here's a handy two-page reference that briefly identifies major Greek and Roman mythological figures.
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Michigan State University

Wanted Dead or Alive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Wanted! Pests are on the loose! Here, class members create a wanted poster highlighting one pest. Posters includes a picture, description, and signs of pest activity. 
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Let’s Look Around!: Challenge Activities (Theme 3)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Let's Look Around! is the theme of a unit that offers a plethora of challenge activities. Enhance your scholars' learning experiences and reinforce concepts with activities such as writing a book about farm animals, an...
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Charleston School District

Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

For Students 8th Standards
Pupils study angle measurements between different types of angles associated with parallel lines and transversals. The independent practice asks pupils to identify the types of angles in a diagram and to determine the measure of...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Names of Animals, Babies, and Groups

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Do you know what a baby elephant is called? How about the name for a group of gerbils? This site from Enchanted Learning provides information about male, female, baby, and group names of many animals. Click on the animal name to find...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal List

For Students K - 1st
Good resource for animal facts, information, and photos on over 550 different animals organized by scientific name or group, location, or alphabetized name. One unique feature is the Phobia Filter. You can, if you wish, filter out groups...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma Darwinii)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of Darwin's Frog, named after Charles Darwin. Students will gain a greater understanding of this amphibian through statistics and information on their appearance, diet, habitat, and more.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus Patas)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the patas monkey. Discusses other names for it, where they are found, anatomy and physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior, lifestyle, reproduction and life cycle, diet,...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pond Skater (Gerridae )

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pond skater. Discusses the many species and their common names, where they are found, how they walk on water, diet, predators, mating and reproduction, and the threat of pollution.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes Chrysocome)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the rockhopper penguin. Discusses where the name comes from, the three species types, where they can be found, physical characteristics, locomotion, diet, predators, egg-laying behavior, and...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja Ajaja)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the Roseate Spoonbill. Discusses where they are found, where the name comes from, physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta Splendens)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and facts about the Siamese fighting fish. Discusses where they are found, where the name comes from, physical characteristics, diet, predators, reproduction, and their popularity as an aquarium pet.
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Tree of Life Project

The Tree of Life Web Project: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site that contains much information about the various animal phyla. Each phyla gives photos, common examples, scientific names and references. Collection of 1630 websites about bio-diversity.
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Mammary Glands

For Students 9th - 10th
A very solid history on the evolution of, and function of, the glands that give the group mammals their name. Good comparisons of other mammals and their function.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Species

For Students 3rd - 8th
A species is defined as a single kind of animal, plant or creature. Examples of different species are given and how the many species that exist relate to biodiversity. Scientific naming conventions are introduced.
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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium: African Penguin

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, conservation status, and physical and special characteristics of the African Penguin. Penguins can be viewed live on the webcam.

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