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Read Works

Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Purposes for Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Jaguarundi

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the Jaguarundi through the exploration of this resource. The content of this site includes information on behavior, characteristics, life cycle, diet, range and habitat.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Field

For Students 3rd - 5th
A virtual lab that explores how offspring inherit different traits from their parents. Investigate these traits both in animals and plants. Understand that variations in offspring can lead to traits that allow survival. Lab includes...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a reptile? Use this resource to understand the basic facts of all reptiles and click to detailed information on many specific types.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick facts, fun facts, interesting facts, and photo bytes are part of this comprehensive site.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about the chimpanzee, as well as several pictures and audio clips.
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Other

Parasitology: Chapter Five: Cestodes

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive look at numerous types of tapeworms that infect different animals. The site contains numerous pictures and life cycle diagrams. There are links to lectures and additional websites.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: White Nosed Coati

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site features a wide range of information on the White-Nosed Coati. The content of this resource includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Elephants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that the elephant is the largest animal in the world? Discover more about where they live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this site.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Animals Grow and Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a 2nd Grade unit on how animals grow and change. It includes information on life cycles of animals and how to classify animals into groups (i.e. mammal, reptile, amphibian, etc.) There is an...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Energy Cycle From Plants to Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the essential role energy plays in cell function and in sustaining life. Trace energy transformations as they pass from one living thing to another.
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University of California

Regents of the University of California: Amphibia Web

For Students 9th - 10th
AmphibiaWeb, a site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation. This site is filled with amphibian facts, a glossary of terms, species numbers,...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Butterflies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An in-depth description of butterflies, with information about their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures. [3:17]
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Other

Sangres: Living With Wildlife Mountain Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of the Colorado mountain lion including description, habitat, range, diet, young, reproduction, other common names it is known by, and even how to act if you should come upon one of these cats in the wild!
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: African Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers information about the African Lion, including scientific information, description, habitat and more.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Parasitic Flatworms

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes types of flatworms that are parasitic to humans and animals and what their life cycle looks like. Two or more hosts are needed for them to complete their life cycle.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Amphibians for Kids: Frogs, Salamanders, and Toads

For Students 1st - 9th
What is an amphibian? Kids learn about these cold blooded animals including salamanders, frogs, and toads. Lifecycle such as tadpole and metamorphosis.
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Tree of Life Project

Tree of Life: Cnidaria (Coelenterata)

For Students 9th - 10th
TThis site from the University of Arizona has a discussion of Cnidaria and their reproductive cycles and capabilities.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Life's Little Questions: Can You Beat Jet Lag

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the human body's need for a normal cycle of dark and light and apply this to an understanding of biological clocks in other animals. Test the effect of light on the development of mealworm larvae into adults.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plants are one of the two major Kingdoms of living creatures on the Earth. They are the only beings which produce their own food. Additionally, plants are necessary for animals to live. Plant anatomy, life cycle, reproduction and the...
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Monarch Butterfly

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn animal facts about the appearance, behavior, life cycle, and diet of the monarch butterfly.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Frogs

For Teachers 1st
First graders gather information from a variety of texts to more deeply understand the connections between literary and informational texts. They build on knowledge of the seasons to focus on the life cycles of animals, specifically...
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Other

The Ultimate Ungulate Page: Tragelaphus Eurycerus Bongo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the bongo. Content includes information on this animal's physical features, size, reproduction, life cycle, and habitat.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animal & Human Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about viruses of humans and other animals, the Baltimore classification system, and the HIV life cycle.

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