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Animals
  • Bear Dens
    Collection of facts and pictures on bears species. Includes bear activities and games.
  • Berenstain Bears - Explore bear country with your mouse to find activities and information about the bears.
    Interactive stories and activities designed with a Berenstain Bears theme.
  • Animal Pictures
    ElectronicZoo, animal image collection.
  • Honolulu Zoo
    Trek through the African Savanna where you become a part of the animals' habitat; stop and rest inside the South American Aviary.
  • Bear Hunt
    facts on bears with printable activity pages.
  • African Wildlife Foundation
    a database of images and facts of African animals.
  • Animal Picture Archive
    animal photo gallery , animal sounds, movies animated GIF's and clip art.
  • Danger - Exploring a World at Risk
    American Museum of Natural History takes you on an expedition through the world of endangered species. Includes images, habitat, description and threats to a full data base of endangered animals.
  • WWF - Kid's Stuff
    Play games to learn more about the wild diversity of life on Earth. Includes endangered species fact sheets and an interactive fun house that teaches about biodiversity.
  • Animals - Vertebrates
    quick fact sheets on vertebrates, includes images, links and activities.
  • Caribou and Reindeer
    Facts and Images.
  • Magnificent Moose Page
    Comprehensive collection of facts about Moose and their habitat. Includes images and glossary.
  • Moose Facts
    Now for more MOOSEY facts than you could ever want to know.
  • Deer Domain
    Gain knowledge about Whitetail Deer, Fallow Deer, Elk, Mule Deer and much more.
  • Deer and Elk
    Concise information on several species of antlered animals.
  • All About Elk: The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Check out the Fast Facts and other conservation information.
  • Animal Biome Theme Units
    Includes lessons and activities for the study of animals.
  • Wildlife Cam
    You may observe assorted wildlife in real-time. Biologists have secured high-quality miniature security cameras at a safe, non-intrusive distance; and then transmit the signal to bring live views of wildlife to you.
  • Journey North: Caribou
    Allows you to track the movement of the Qamanirjuaq caribou herd through northern Canada.
  • Mountain Caribou Recue
    Learn about the caribou recovery project headed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Over 60 caribou from central British Columbia were transplanted to the far northeastern corner of Washington in Pend Oreille County.
Insects
  • Monarch Watch
    Collection of photos and essays on Monarch butterflies and their migration.
  • Life Cycle of Butterflies
    Comprehensive on-line hypertext book about butterflies designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. Allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic and progress to more advanced information.
  • Butterfly Activities
    Facts, games and writing activities
  • Butterfly Activities and Crafts
    Includes butterfly theme activities and crafts suitable for early learners and kindergarten students. Check out the activity links for spiders, ladybugs, bees, caterpillars, centipedes and more!
  • Spider Fun
    Puzzles, word searches
  • Spiders! Activities
    Reading activities, games and crafts.
  • Dragonfly Magazine
    Dragonfly links children and scientists in an open community of investigation. Involves children in the creative process of science, to help them see how science relates to their lives.
  • Life Cycle of a Butterfly
    A comprehensive on-line hypertext book about butterflies designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links.
  • Insects
    A comprehensive site on insects. Includes graphics, text and links to numerous insect species.
  • Insects-metamorphosis
    This site describes complete and incomplete metamorphosis. Students can explore several insects and discover what kind of life cycle they have..

Nutrition

  • Food Pyramid Activities
    Information on the five food groups, play the Food Pyramid Match Game, learn about the nutrition and history, determine if you're getting enough exercise.
  • Kids Food Cyberclub
    This clubhouse is just for you to learn more about good food.

Weather

  • Web Weather for Kids
    Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather.
  • The Weather Channel
    The nation's premier provider of weather information.
  • Clouds
    Explanations of and access to detailed pictures of some basic cloud forms and provides general cloud reference information.

Amphibians

  • Welcome to Frogland
    Learn some strange but true facts about Frogs. comprehensive site. Includes links, photos and reading activities.
  • Amphibian Research
    Direct link to a Yahooligans search on amphibians.
  • Amphibians
    This 81 page downloadable curriculm is filled with lessons and activities that help teach about amphibians.
  • Amphibians and Reptiles
    Comprehensive listing.

Oceans

  • Sea Creatures
    Comprehensive research and informational sites on all aspects of ocean life.

Plants

  • Savannah Biome
    Describes the climate, plants, and animals in an African savannah.
  • Rain Forest Biome
    Describes the climate, plants, and animals in a tropical rain forest.
  • Desert Biome
    Describes the climate, plants, and animals in a desert.
  • Plants
    Information and activities about all types of plants and and their growth.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
    Activities and lessons for the study of biomes, freshwater ecosystems, marine ecosystems, as well as plant parts, pollination, seeds, and more.

Invertebrates

  • Worm Watch
    Take a virtual tour through the inner workings of an earthworm. Learn about it's interesting parts: digesitive, respiratory, circultory and muscular systems.

 




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