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Quia

Quia: Animal Classification

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to test your knowledge of which animals belong to which groups.
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California Institute of Technology

Infrared Zoo Lesson 1: A Trip to the Infrared Zoo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will use infrared images to classify different animals. Students will learn more about infrared imaging and the information it can reveal. This activity is guaranteed to activate great class discussion.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Arthropod

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on arthropods, the largest phylum of animals. Includes scientific classification chart and image.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Science Explorations: Uncover Lizards and Snakes

For Students 3rd - 8th
An exploration of squamates, or scaled reptiles. Take notes about lizards and snakes using the pdf "Squamate Chart" while viewing a slideshow, investigate the squamate anatomy and how squamates differ from other animals, such as insects...
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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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University of Michigan

Critter Catalog: Myriapods

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site provides a description of the characteristics of Myriapods. Local animals (southeastern Michigan) in these groups are then examined in further detail. Pictures and classification groupings are included in this site.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Anuak

For Students 9th - 10th
The Anuak live in a region straddling the border of the southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The Anuak language is most closely related to Shilluk. Together, the two languages comprise a subfamily within the larger classification of Nilotic....
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Read Works

Read Works: Classify and Categorize 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to categorize information to answer research questions and then to organization that information into an...
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Read Works

Read Works: Classify and Categorize 4th Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-activity unit on classifying and categorizing through which learners learn how to organize research into an outline, use text features to locate information, and write a research report. Lessons...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed information on insects, invertebrate animals of the class Insecta.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Cnidaria

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers great information on Cnidarians, a phylum of animals including coral, sea anemones, jellyfish, sea pens, sea wasps, and more.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Sponge

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed information on sponges, or poriferans, animals of the phylum Porifera.
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Other

The Antlion Pit: A Doodlebug Anthology

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the physical characteristics of the antlion order, Neuroptera. Identify them by their size, relationships with other animals, and about the antlion's role in certain cultures.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Sponges the First Invertebrate

For Students 3rd - 7th
Find out about some the most simple organisms in the Animal Kingdom, the sponges.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Vertebrate Characteristics

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Vertebrates are animals with backbones. These include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Learn more about vertebrate characteristics in this learning...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Protist Characteristics

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Protists are eukaryotes, which means their cells have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Most protists are single-celled. Other than these features, they...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Chordates

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Did you know that fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all related? They are all chordates. Chordates are a group of animals that includes vertebrates,...
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Spider

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are about 35,000 known species of spiders in the world and this research resource site surveys these animals in text and images.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Urban Text: Adventures of Herman the Worm

For Students 2nd - 5th
WORMS- What are they? Where did they come from? If you are interested in Herman the Worm's family tree (biologically speaking), his body structures, or all the facts about him that you'll ever need, go to "The Adventures of Herman the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to Dichotomous Keys

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson serves as an introduction to the classification of plants and animals or trees. Students will investigate how to classify objects based on their similarities and differences. They will use technical writing to explain their...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Invertebrates

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Animals are also often identified as being either invertebrates or vertebrates. These are terms based on the skeletons of the animals. Vertebrates have a backbone...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Interdependence of Life: How an Ecosystem Responds to Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology field investigation, learners will investigate the site of an environmental disturbance, identify plant and animal life within that specific area, and compare it to an adjoining forested area. Students will map both areas...
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Animal Bytes: African Cape Buffalo

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides users with a concise list of information helpful to anyone wanting to know more about these South African ungulates. Contains scientific classification of these animals, fast facts, fun facts as well as additional information on...

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