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Elementary Science Topics: Animals
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Animals

  1. Amazing Animal Senses - Here are some examples of how some animals sense the outside world and the anatomical structures that allow them to do so.
  2. Adaptation and Survival - discusses with diagrams and animation how animals adapted to survive their habitat.
  3. Animal Adaptation - What is animal adaptation and how are animals adapted to where they live? Let's find out!
  4. Animal Adaptation - lesson with activities
  5. Animal Adaptation - [this link opens in a new window] matching quiz from Quia
  6. Animal Adaptation - [this link opens in a new window] similar to the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" game format
  7. Animal Groups - information about different animal groups; amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, insects and reptiles.
  8. Animal Houses - a series from Dragonfly magazine. Check the magazine on a regular basis for new articles.
  9. Animals Two by Two - match baby animals with the adult animals they develop into
  10. ArKive - [this link opens in a new window] Images of Life on Earth - audio-visual records of the world’s animals, plants and fungi [still images and streaming video available]
  11. Bats
    1. Bat Conservation International - Welcome to the amazing world of bats.
    2. Bat Links - [this link opens in a new window] a very long list of bat links
    3. Bat Page Game Room - 12 fun games to play while learning more about bats
    4. Bats - A Thematic Resource for Teachers and Students
    5. Echo the Bat - Story and illustrations by Ginger Butcher
    6. In Search of Stellaluna's Family - a WebQuest about bats
  12. B-Eye - See the world through the eyes of a honeybee.
  13. Butterflies
    1. Butterflies - from Enchanted Learning
    2. Butterflies of North America - a searchable database of butterfly and moth records in the United States and Mexico
    3. Butterfly Garden - A butterfly garden, large or small, can attract butterflies to your back yard. Here are some tips for creating your own garden
    4. The Butterly WebSite - Learn more about the fascinating world of butterflies.
    5. Enchanted Learning Quiz - correct answers help fill in a picture
    6. Journey for Survival - read about the amazing Monarch butterfly at Springboard Magazine
    7. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly - a neat craft idea
  14. Biodiversity: Everything Counts - from the American Museum of Natural History - they have an index to seven other elementary science pages
  15. Bugging You - [this page opens in a new window] examine the characteristics of an insect (Author - Carolyn Garner)
  16. Build a Fish - Build a Fish by choosing a body, mouth, and color/pattern, and then release it into the reef! In the process you will learn about adaptations that help the fish survive in their environment.
  17. Build a Fish - Build a fish whose adaptations help them survive.
  18. ChickScope - Embryology: The 21-day Chick Lifecycle. How does an egg develop from the time it is laid to the time it hatches? Come explore with us the fascinating 21-day life cycle of the embryological chick
  19. Classifying Critters - [this link opens in a new window] look at animals and match two of the same kind
  20. Critter Guide - search for fun facts about animals (from PBS)
  21. Dino Reserve - learn about dinos, hear them, and print a page to color
  22. Elephant Quiz - see if you know the answers to the questions in the red circles!
  23. Energy Pyramids - [this link opens in a new window] a Quia quiz
  24. Exploring Ecosystems - Desert, Everglades, Artic
  25. Farm Animals - several activities for K-2 students
  26. Food Chains - from BBC
    1. Quiz on Populations and Pyramids
  27. Frogs
    1. Alien Caribbean Frogs in Hawaii - this site also has frog calls online (several recordings of E. coqui calls)
    2. Animal Diversity Web page of frog calls.
    3. Froggy Page - Ribbit! Welcome to the Froggy Page! This corner of the net is home to all kinds of virtual frogginess, from the silly to the scientific.
    4. Frogs: The Amazing, Adaptable Frog from the Exploratorium
    5. Frogs and Toads in Color and Sound
    6. Frogs for Kids - Here's lots of stuff about frogs! You can see pictures of frogs, find out what kinds of frogs live in Minnesota, hear what their calls sound like, print out pages to color and learn lots about frogs!
    7. Something Froggy - interactive site
  28. Food Webs - interactive site creating food webs
  29. Habitat Vocabulary - [this link opens in a new window] from Quia (3rd grade)
  30. Habitat Vocabulary Match-up [this link opens in a new window] from Quia (4th grade)
  31. Habitats - What Makes a Good Home? - Lesson plan with videos on topic and lesson evaluation.
  32. Habitats and Adaptations - [this link opens in a new window] from Quia (3rd grade)
  33. Habitats - Neighborhoods - Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats
  34. Habitats and Adaptations - [this link opens in a new window] self check quiz from Quia (4th grade)
  35. Habitat Vocabulary - quia quiz
  36. Homework Help - Living things for K-2 students
  37. Insects
    1. Insect Hunt - grab the magnifying glass and start looking for insects on land or at the pond
    2. Insectclopedia - An encyclopedia of insects.
    3. Insect Generator - Create your own insect! Use insect parts to create your own, then fill out information on your new insect such as habitat, diet, and more, then print it out!
    4. Insect Module - from FossWeb
  38. JungleMouse - The goal of JungleMouse is to entertain and educate kids of all ages, with a focus on animals.
  39. Life Cycles - [this link opens in a new window] Butterflies, Frogs, Plants, Grasshoppers from Quia (3rd grade)
  40. Life Cycles - frog and butterfly
  41. Living Things Activities - an index of interactive activities, lessons, and quizzes from the BBC &
  42. Logic Zoo - Use your logic to place animals in their proper pens. Pens are Venn Diagrams.
  43. Marine Biology: The Living Ocean - from the American Museum of Natural History - they have an index to seven other elementary science pages
  44. Niches, Habitats and Ecosystems - [this link opens in a new window] a Quia quiz (4th grade)
  45. Niches, Habitats and Ecosystems - [this link opens in a new window] (4th grade)
  46. Ocean Animals - click on an animal to read about it, see pictures of the animal, and print a picture to color
  47. Papercraft from Canon - a long list of topics, most of them are animals, to print and use in your classroom This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  48. Penguins - this Springboard Magazine page includes a True/False quiz
  49. Pictures of animals
    1. Archive of animal photos - from National Geographic
    2. From Agouti to Zebra - from the Oregon Zoo
    3. Jungle Mouse - over six thousand animal pictures, hundreds of links to other animal sites, a few games, and hundreds of animal jokes
    4. Jungle Walk - a large number of animal pictures, drawings and video clips
  50. Racoons on the World Wide Web
  51. Squish the Fish - Help Squish travel out across the reef to find his lunch. He needs to find friends who will help him hide from his nemesis, Big Tooth Blob. Learn about shape, color, and behavioral adaptations for survival.
  52. Trees Module - Find out plants and animals live around the trees on a mountain, in a swamp, and in the desert.
  53. Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net - The Guide presents a large list of links and even a suggestion on how to search for animal sounds.
  54. What's that Noise - Listen to the sounds of farm animals and then choose which one made the sounds
  55. Worm World
  56. More animal links can be found on the Biology page of Internet4Classrooms.

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