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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Planaria Fishing

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how to catch planeria, small carnivorous worms that live in ponds. In addition, he explains their role in the environment.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Dinosaur Land [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Dinosaur Land is provided on these pages. Two character roles are needed in this play that reinforces the difference between dinosaurs that are omnivores and carnivores.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Diet

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the various diets of animals, including those that are herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
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Other

Dinosaur and Planetary History: Heavyweight Champions of the Dinosaur World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Some of the largest and heaviest carnivorous dinosaurs are profiled.
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NOAA

Noaa: Pinnipeds

For Students 9th - 10th
What are pinnipeds? Learn about seals, sea lions, and walruses; their characteristics, where they live and their differences.
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Other

University of New Castle: Omnivores

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of what an omnivore really eats. There are a lot of related links off to the right.
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Other

Shunya's Site: Cheetah

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of cheetah's size, characteristics and habits are listed on this site. It also provides 20 high quality images of cheetahs in their habitats.
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Other

The International Snow Leopard Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the endangered snow leopard, including leopard photos, habitat maps, and classroom applications.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Giant Squid

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What makes a giant squid unique? This site features a diagram and some information about this cephalopod. Students can learn about the giant squid's anatomy, diet and more through this resource.
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PBS

Nature: Cheetah

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What are some of the cheetah's distinctive characteristics? Come and check out this resource featuring fun facts and information about the cheetah.
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Other

New Jersey Fossils: Meat Eating Dinosaur Dryptosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Dryptosaurus was a carnivorous dinosaur. Only a few minor fossil specimens of this dinosaur, described here, have been found at Big Brook, New Jersey, but there is strong evidence of its existence elsewhere in New Jersey.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Ornitholestes

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at what fossilized remains teach us about Ornitholestes, a carnivorous dinosaur "very closely related to the evolutionary line that produced the birds." Read facts about its size, anatomy, and diet, and view images showing...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Eustreptospondylus

For Students 9th - 10th
A very brief look at Eustreptospondylus, a carnivorous dinosaur related to the Tyrannosaurus. Learn what the limited fossilized remains tell us abot its size, diet, and anatomy, and view several images showing what this dinosaur looked...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Utahraptor

For Students 9th - 10th
An information page about the Utahraptor, a carnivorous dinosaur that lived over 100 million years ago. It was first found in Utah in 1991, hence its name.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Meat Eating Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
The different features of carnivorous dinosaurs' teeth and jaws that enabled them to cut through the flesh and bones of their prey are described.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (Uk): What Dinosaur Are You?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, the user will answer eleven quiz questions to determine whether they would be considered a carnivore or a herbivore.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Baby Louie

For Students 9th - 10th
What do paleontologist's learn from a dinosaur fossil named "Baby Louie", a baby carnivorous dinosaur from an unknown species of Oviraptors? This site offers fossil photos, a taxonomy chart, and some theories as to what happened to Baby...
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Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Royal Bc Museum: Dinosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Yangchuanosaurus was a carnivorous dinosaur from China. At this resource, a short description is presented.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Food Chain Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the food chain in a storybook format. The chain is described as a cycle and both herbivores and carnivores are discussed.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Little River Canyon's Carnivorous Green Pitcher Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A digital slide program introduces the Green Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia oreophila) to the learners. Students use a model of the Green Pitcher Plant and plastic insects to role play. They will tell the story of habitat adaptation and...
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Earth Life

Earth Life: Mammals: Diet and Digestion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the diet and digestion in all sorts of mammals, including herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. Read about different kinds of animals and their different dietary preferences.
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Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Pittsburgh Zoo: Polar Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
The polar bear is native to the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas. Use this resource to discover other unique facts about the largest carnivore found on land.
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Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Pittsburgh Zoo: Meerkat

For Students 9th - 10th
The meerkat is a member of the mongoose family. Use this resource to learn other unique facts about this small carnivorous mammal.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Constructing Sonoran Desert Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Is the food chain shown above accurate? Does the first link depict a producer, the second link a herbivore, and the third link an omnivore / carnivore? Students must correctly determine whether a species is a producer or consumer, and...

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