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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Vertebrate Flipchart

For Teachers 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to vertebrates and provides pictures and information on the different types of vertebrates including their characteristics, their physical and environmental needs, and...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Temperature Time Warp

For Students K - 1st
In this activity, learners explore the behavior of cold-blooded animals by observing what happens when they change a fly's temperature.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Reptiles for Kids: Learn All About These Scaly Animals

For Students 1st - 9th
What is a reptile and how to they live? Kids learn about these cold blooded animals including snakes, lizards, and alligators.
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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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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories: Beta Thalassemia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an impressive site about beta-thalassemia. The disease is caused when the body cannot make an important blood protein. You can find information about causes, diagnosis, treatment, lifestyle, and inheritance at this interactive...
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BBC

Bbc: Joseph Stalin: National Hero or Cold Blooded Murderer

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the rule of Joseph Stalin can be found in this biographical article of the former Soviet ruler.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Amphibians

For Students 3rd - 5th
Amphibians are cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrates. Most live some of their life in water and some on land. The most common amphibian critter is a frog but there are many others. Read about Wisconsin's many amphibians here.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Amazing Adaptable Frog

For Students 9th - 10th
Journey back over a million years ago and see how the common frog has adapted and changed.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Crocodiles!

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS Nova site lists a table of contents on subjects involving the Crocodile. How did they outlive the dinosaurs? What makes them tick? What are the different types of crocodiles?
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Nile Crocodile

For Students 3rd - 8th
A great multi-media National Geographic site including video and audio clips all about crocodiles. There are fun facts and you can send a post card to a friend.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Amphibians

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a general description of amphibians and then describes in detail the characteristics of local animals in southern Michigan. Pictures, classification information, and sound clips of some amphibians are provided.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Amiable Amphibians

For Teachers 4th
Learn about classifying amphibians.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Going With the Flow of Nosebleeds

For Students 3rd - 5th
Getting hit in the face is not the only cause of nosebleeds. Lots of kids have nosebleeds, they are quite common. Even thought they can be scary and gross, nosebleeds are usually not really a big deal. Use this site to learn more about...
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Frogs and Toads

For Students 2nd - 8th
Do you know how to tell the difference between a frog and a toad? This site provides interesting facts and information about this type of amphibian from where they live to what they eat and more.
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Other

Georgia Perimeter College: The Permian Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides basic information of the changes that took place during the Permian period as well as the animals that populated the Earth during this time.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Truman Capote

For Students 9th - 10th
The creator of the "nonfiction novel," Truman Capote, who established his career as a Southern gothic writer, crossed the line between journalism and fiction. This biography provides his background and information about his writing and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 10.3 Fish

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of fish.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 10.11 Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about reptile diversity.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 10.8 Salamanders

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the characteristics and behaviors of salamanders.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Horse

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about the horse including terminology, colors, food, wild horses and more.
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Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple: How Do Animals Spend the Winter?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Harper Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at Wikipedia you can find an encyclopedia article exploring the life of Nelle Harper Lee and her work.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Reptiles

For Students 1st - 3rd
Learn important features of reptiles with this reference page. Includes pictures of common reptiles.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Fish for Kids: Learn All About Aquatic and Ocean Marine Life

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn what makes up a fish. What are gills and how do they breathe in the water?

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