National Museum of Natural History: Where Do Mammals Live?: Wildebeest

The Smithsonian Institution provides a virtual tour of the new "Deep Time" exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.

Delight in the fresh colors, sights, and sounds on this dynamic site on the ocean. Major categories consist of Ocean Life & Ecosystems, The Ocean Over Time, Ocean Science, and The Ocean and You. New information on sharks, a slideshow...

Illustrated overview of the lion explains how the different roles of males and females help lions survive in their habitat.

Review basic facts about the giraffe and launch an interactive activity that demonstrates the length of its tongue, a physical adaptation that helps the giraffe survive in its environment.

A brief illustrated overview of the hyena explains why this animal is such a successful dry-weather scavenger.

A browsable collection of environment-related questions posed by elementary- and middle-school students to the scientists of the American Museum of Natural History in honor of Earth Day. Great questions and great answers.

In this lesson plan students listen and participate by filling in missing words as the teacher reads a silly poem about places where animals might live. Students are required to draw pictures representing both their favorite nonsense...

This teacher's guide focuses on familiar animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

This site takes a very brief look at the muskox as an arctic creature. Several photographs are also provided.

This teacher's guide focuses on the fascinating world of plants. Through books and other print materials, and exploration of actual plants, children will identify plants as living things, examine the parts of plants, experiment with what...