Animals

Center for Veterinary Medicine Kids Page - From the US Drug and Food Administration (Y, M, O, T)

Just for Kids: Animals - Find out how some animals got their name. Great information for homework help. From the Smithsonian Institute. (Y, M, O, T)

Bird Beaks - Students explore the relationship between a bird's beak and its ability to find food and survive in a given environment. grades 3-5 (Y)

How a Blue Crab Changes as It Grows - Grades 3-5 (Y)

Guide to Vet Tech Schools - Interested in working with animals? Find out all about becoming a Veterinarian Technician. Veterinarian Technician programs help students start their careers as veterinarian, teaching them skills and knowledge about animal healthcare technology and delivery. (Y, M, O, T)

Rain Forest - Animals of the Amazon - Free lapbook, notebook & unit resources for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)

Toads - Amphibians - Free lapbook, notebook & unit resources for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)

Sharks! - Learn all about sharks (Y,M)

Wild Kingdom Interactive Field Guide - Learn about wildlife through links to videos, episode guides, creature quizzes and activities. (Y, M)

Hands-On Science: Butterflies and Bugs - Although this site is geared toward selling caterpillars and other insects (which can be a fun science integration), it also has fact sheets and printables available for free. If you have elementary-aged children and have never raised butterflies, consider doing so. Kids love watching the transformation. (Y)

Butterfly School - From the Butterfly House at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We raised butterflies one year and the children thoroughly enjoyed it. In addition to step-by-step instructions for raising butterflies, this site has enough background information for a mini unit study. (Y,M)

Animal Habitats - From Utah Education Network. Where an animal lives is called its habitat. Most animals can only live in one or two habitats. This website offers activities as well as resources for many unique animals and their habitats. (Y, M, O, T)

Biomes - Habitats - From Enchanted Learning (Y)

Neighborhoods: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats - The Franklin Institute: Resources for Science learning (Y, M, O, T)

Homework Help Jr.: Living Things: Animal Habitats - KOL Homework Help Jr. is a listing of educator-reviewed Web sites for kids grades K-2. Animals resources listred here are age-appropriate, provide learning activities, research materials, educational games and multimedia resources about animals and their habitats. (Y)

Habitat Adventure - Grade 3 Webquest (Y)

A Journey of Exploration and Discovery into the World's Animals and the Habitats They Live In - From Todays Teacher.com (Y, M, O, T)

Animal Habitats Resources - From Teacherplanet.com (Y, M, O, T)

Ology - American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Science-rich Website for Kids. (Y, M, O, T)

Biodiversity: Everything Counts! - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)

Exploring Nature Educational Resource - There is a subscriber side and a free nin-member side. Check it out, great resource. (Y, M, O, T)

Charlotte's Web - Supplemental unit 3-4 grade students to learn about the relationship between Fern and the animal characters and what is involved in caring for a pet. Grade 3-4. (Y)

Endangered Wildlife - Gator Woman is the pseudonym for a transplanted Californian who moved to the Ocala National Forest in Central Florida and fell in love with it. She created a site dedicated to the endangered wildlife of Florida. It is meant to be a place for learning, a portal or reference resource in wildlife education for teachers and students. Featured are links to websites and information about endangered Florida ecosystems, amphibians, birds, butterflies, mammals, plants or flora, and reptiles. The site is very clearly and simply laid out with easy to understand explanations and would be an excellent resource for an older elementary student to use for finding research sources. (M, O)

Games for Kids - I have featured Sheppard Software in past years, but they have added so many resources to the site that I thought it was time to mention it again. I just spend some time playing around and I really love the games. They are relevant and the graphics and fonts are just pleasing. Most of what I played with this time was science (food chain, producers and consumers, photosynthesis) but there are games for social studies, math, vocabulary, and more. This site has grown exponentially since I first featured it years ago. (Y, M)

Treehouses on the Tree of Life - Treehouses are Tree of Life pages designed for kids, teachers, and the young at heart. The information found on treehouses complements the scientific core content presented on Tree of Life branch and leaf pages. (Y, M, O, T)

Phoenix Zoo - (Y, M, O, T)

Guiding Eyes for the Blind Volunteer Network - Home Socialization provides individuals and families with the opportunity to take home 6-8 week old puppies for several days and socialize the pups to new & different sights & sounds. This program helps the pups become better Guide Dogs. (Y, M, O, T)

State facts - State birds, Animals and Flowers (Y)

Herps of Wisconsin Amphibians and reptiles - Wisconsin is home to 19 species of amphibians (frogs and salamanders) and 37 reptiles (snakes, turtles and lizards). Of these, seven are listed as endangered, three are threatened and 19 are listed as special concern. (Y)

Fish of the Great Lakes - University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institutes website. (Y, M, O, T)

LessonPlans for Australian Animals and Biomes - Grades 4-12 (M O)

Australian Animals A to Z - Grade: K-2, 3-5 (Y)

Dissection Alternatives - From Dissection Alternatives.com This websie provides students with an alternatives to dissecting animals. Many organizations now offer free loan programs through which teachers and students can borrow non-animal alternatives at no charge. (Y, M, O, T)

Birmingham Zoo Home School Classes Winter/Spring 2009 - The Birmingham Zoo Education Department has home school science classes for children in 1st-12th grade. They also offer home school art classes and day classes for 2nd-12th grades. (Y, M, O, T)

Homework Helper - From National Geographic. Research for pictures, articles, maps, and more on our top subjects: Animals, History/Culture, Maps/Geography, Places, Science/Nature, and Art/Photo's. (Y, M, O, T)

EndangeredSpecie.com The Rarest Info Around - EndangeredSpecie.com offers information, links, books, and publications regarding rare and endangered species. (Y, M, O, T)

The Endangered Species Program - From the Fish and Wildlife Service (Y, M, O, T)

Especies Fact Sheet - From Kids Planet (Y, M, O, T)

Endangered Species - From the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Inforamtion in specific endangered species: giant pandas, tigers, endangered whales and dolphins, rhinos, elephants, marine turtles and great apes. (Y, M, O, T)

Defenders of Wildlife - Defenders of Wildlife is a science-based, wildlife conservation group. (Y, M, O, T)

Endangered species in your state - From the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, a listing of endangered species by state. (Y, M, O, T)

Partnerships for Endangered Species Recovery (Poster) - Offers a full size version of an artistic "Recovery Poster" in PDF. (Y, M, O, T)

Kids Planet Defenders of Wildlife - Interactive games and "cool stuff" that relates to wildlife conservation. (Y)

The Web of Life - The Web of Life is a story told by a common garden spider. (Y)

Wild Games - Defenders of Wildlife - Requires a sound enabled PC [JavaScript] (Y M)

World Society for the Protection of Animals - WSPA works with more than 800 member organizations in over 147 countries to raise the standards of animal welfare throughout the world. (Y, M, O, T)

The Kid's Corner: Dolphins - From Water Planet (T)

Earthtrust - From Earthtrust, a wildlife conservation organizations. The website has a lot of information about programs for protecting endangered species, including whales, dolphins, tigers, rhinos, and many others. (Y, M, O, T)

Games for Kids - On line games for kids about animals. (Y)

Great Barrier Reef: Endangered Animals for Kids - On line games for kids to click on animals and answer trivia questions. (Y, M, O, T)

African Savannah: Endangered species - Tutorial for African Savannah's endangered species:lions, Grevy's Zebra, African Wild Dogs and the majestic African Elephant (Y)

Greet Barrier Reef: Endangered Species - On-line tutorial for great barrier reef animals: Corals, Green Sea Turtles, Humpback Whales and Dugongs. (Y)

Amazon Rainforest Endangered Species - On-line tutorial for Amazon Rainforest endangered species: Golden Lion Tamarins, Three-Toed Sloth, Hyacinth Macaws, Jaguars and Poison Dart Frogs. (Y)

What's the Problem - On-line tutorial on the threats that put animals on the endangered species list. (Y)

How to help: Endangered Species - On line tutorial offering six ways to learn about animals, help them and share your ideas with others. (Y)

The Food Chain game - Interactive game to create a food chain. (Y)

Animal Diet Game - Tutorial and games for learning about omnivores, herbivores and carnivores! (Y)

Animal Characteristics Game - Tutorial and game help students learn animal classifications. (Y)

Winter Activities and Lesson Plans - Iditarod - From The Teacher's Corner.net (Y)

Kids' Corner Animals - "Kid's Corner" features a number of unique flash games that teach animal diet, animal classification, endangered animals, etc. (Y)

ASPCA Kids - Offers kids who love pets information about pet care, careers involving pets, issues about pets in society, cartoons, and activities about pets. (Y, M, O, T)

Ocean Friends - Teachers Guides and Lesson Plans - The SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Education Departments offer more than 75 print educational resources for teachers. Information booklets and Teacher's Guides provide animal information and classroom activities. Current listings are for Animal Behavior & Training, Arctic Animals, Endangered Species, Marine Animal Husbandry & Training, Ocean Discovery, Penguins, Saving the Wild, Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses, Sharks, Splash of Math, and Whales. Ages Pre-K through 12th grade. (Y, M, O, T)

Frogs - UW Sea Grant researchers studied the effects of toxins in the environment on local frogs. This website offers kids a chance to understand the research at their level and includes illustrated field guides for Great Lakes frogs, frog activities such as origami frogs and the ability to catch a virtual frog. (Y, M, O, T)

Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems - From the Environmental Protection Agency. A webpage devoted to helping kids discover the effects of global climate changes on animals and plants. (Y)

Australian Animals - From the Australian Explorer.com. Photographs of Australian animals. (Y, M, O, T)

Australia Themed Coloring Pages - Maps, famous sites, animals and the Australian flag. (Y, M, O, T)

Science fair projects: Animal posters and displays - (Y, M, O, T)

An Edible Aquarium - This is a really fun and inexpensive activity to add to a study on oceanography or amphibians. (Y, M, O, T)

Animal Sleuth Worksheet #1 - This is a great worksheet for use with a unit study on animals. (Y, M, O, T)

Animal Sleuth Worksheet #2 - This is the second in a series of great worksheets for use with a unit study on animals. (Y, M, O, T)

Mini-Unit Topic: Vertebrates (Animals) - This lesson is designed for fifth-graders. (Y,M)

Animals of the Tropical Rainforest WebQuest (M) - Rainforests for Kids (M)

Nocturnal animals quiz - From Enchanted Learning (Y)

Animal coloring pages - From Enchanted Learning, over 60 animals featured under "A" alone. (Y)

Carolina Biological Supply - Online resource for science supplies; not free but when you are looking for frogs or cow eyeballs, they sure beat the mall; includes lots of science articles and useful information as well as an extensive free teacher resource page (T)

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms - Funded by the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award. This program combines the use of live insects with math and sciecne activities for kids grades K-3. (T,Y)