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San Diego Zoo Panda Cam - reveals the activities going on between mother panda and cub in their private home.
AFRICAM - explore the wonderful world of wildlife through QuickCams located in various game reserves in South Africa.
Back to the Top Monteray Bay Aquarium - provides a range of learning opportunities for students and teachers at its E-Quarium Web site.
New England Aquarium - provides a range of interactive learning experiences for students.
Tennessee Aquarium - offers students and teachers a wide variety of information on everything from protecting endangered species to career options in aquatic history.
Safari Touch Tank - online version of an aquarium touch tank. Click on pictures for information.
Back to the Top Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology - the lab is a nonprofit membership institution whoese mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
Back to the Top The Elephants of Cameroon - is a collaborative project between the North Carolina Zoological Park, World Wild Fund for Nature, and the Cameroon Ministry of Environments and Forests. Its primary mission is education, and the online resources are aligned with the North Carolina seventh-grade curriculum and Cameroon's environmental education program.
Back to the Top SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project - threatened and endangered species reports from K - 12 students around the world.
Endangered Species - part of the Canadian Nature Federation site that features bird conservation, endangered species, protected areas, nature canada magazine, and more.
Endangered Animals: ThinkQuest Junior - ( 1 - 5 ) - A team of fifth graders from South Guam elementary school created this resource to teach their peers about endangered animals. The site features animal information pages, student artwork, a mammals quiz and related links.
Back to the Top Animals of the World - ( 3 - 5 ) - Your students will love learning about mammals with this fun "What am I?" guessing game at KidsCom. Children select questions to receive clues about mystery mammals. They have five guesses until they are given the answer with a fun fact about each mammal.
Betz's Pet Shop - ( 2 - 4 ) - This creative web quest developed by Mrs. Evon, a second-grade teacher in Nebraska, will teach your children how to classify animals. Students imagine that they are opening a new pet shop. Working in teams, they research various animals, write animal characteristic charts and finally present their work.
KOKO'S Kids Club - (K - 6) - explains how Dr. Penny Patterson has taught Koko, a lowland gorilla, more than a thousand words.
Kratts' Creatures - based on the PBS program Kratts' Creatures.
Switcheroo Zoo - ( K - 8 ) - at this site the visitor can switch the animals' heads, legs and tails to make new creatures at this surrealistic virtual zoo.
Worm World - a humorous presentation of the facinating and important role that worms play in our environment.
Zoobooks - ( K - 8 ) - this is the companion Web site to the monthly publication Zoobooks. Here find a kid-friendly destination about animals with games, information, links, teacher resources, plus the world's first virtual zoo.
Back to the Top African Wildlife Foundation - Home Page, conserving wildlife, respecting all life.
Animaland - ( K - 6 ) - established to support the teaching of humane education, offers a wide variety of animal information and activities for students.
Animal Diversity Web - is a comprehensive online encyclopedia containing information on just about every group within the animal kingdom.
Hinterland Who's Who - at this Web site is where you'll find in-depth descriptions of wildlife, discussions on issues, actions that you can take to help wildlife, and educational materials that teachers and group leaders can use.
Nature Canada - Nature Canada's mission is to conserve and protect nature-Canada's natural diversity of plant and animal species and their environment.
National Wildlife Federation - ( 4 - 12 ) - at this Web site you can access the online version of Ranger Rick and other kids' perioducals.
Petcyclopedia - an invaluable reference for pet owners.
Virtual Pet Home Page - here are links for Gigapets, Tamagotchis, Nano and even a Sony robot.
Back to the Top Jaguar: Lord of the Mayan Jungle - is a combination live webcast and educational site on jaguar conservation. The main site is divided into three areas: the live expedition, the jaguar, and jungle ecology.
Back to the Top All About Mammals - ( 2 - 6 ) - In addition to general information about mammals, this site offers educational mammal printouts and a mammal calendar for children to color. You'll find a section on the classification of mammals and information about mammal evolution.
Mammals Trust UK Kids Page - ( 2 - 6 ) - Don't miss this fantastic site created by the Mammals Trust UK, a charity organization that protects native British mammals and their habitats. Students can explore the world of UK mammals and learn about natural conservation and animal protection.
Mammals of Belize - ( 1 - 6 ) - If you can't take your class on a field trip to a tropical zoo, a virtual trip to the Belize zoo is the next best thing. Students will learn about the mammals of Belize, including the jaguar, ocelot and tapir.
Mammals - ( 2 - 6 ) - The Canadian Museum of Nature offers this Natural History Notebook to enrich your study of mammals. Click on each animal name for a photograph and detailed habitat and behavioral information.
In Search of Stellaluna's Family: Web Quest - ( 1 - 3 ) - No unit on mammals is complete without a study of bats. To participate in this web quest, students first read Janell Cannon's beautiful book Stellaluna. They then learn about different types of bats, echolocation and more.
Fossil Mammals - ( 6 - 12 ) - Explore some of the first mammals in history at the Smithsonian Institution Natural History web site. Your students can learn about Hyracotherium Vasacciensis, a 55 million year-old horse fossil.
Back to the Top Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration - provides an extensive collection of resources to help structure the student's authentic learning experience and support the teacher implementing the project of monitoring the migration of species across the Northern Hemisphere in their classroom.
Back to the Top Ocean Planet - online exhibit contains all of the text and most of the panel designs and images from the Smithsonain traveling "Ocean Planet" exhibition.
Oceans Alive - ( 4 - 8 ) - is a fantastic resource about the oceans of the Earth.
Ocean Explorer - ( K - 8 ) - allows visitors to follow ocean expeditions as they uncover underwater mysteries.
The Jason Project - is a year round scientific expedition designed to excite and engage students in science and technology.
Treasures@Sea - everything you would require for teaching a unit on oceanography through literature is organized and available to you on this site.
Life on the Rocky Shore - (K - 8) - this Web site acquaints students with the inhabitants of the pools.
Back to the Top The Salmon Page - here you will find everything about salmon.
Back to the Top Sea Otters: California's Threatened Treasure - ( 6 - 12 ) - Introduce your students to the fascinating world of sea otters at this award-winning ThinkQuest site. Students will learn all about these threatened mammals, including their habitat, diet and lifecycle.
Back to the Top Tiger Information Center - is dedicated to providing information to help preserve the remaining 5 subspecies of tigers.
Tigers - ( 2 - 5 ) - you will adore this not-for-profit site devoted to educating the public about tigers and their habitats. It's chock full of information about tiger evolution, biology and behavior. You can also learn about tigers in zoos and tiger coverage in the media.
Back to the Top ZoomWhales - ( Primary ) many resources to help young children appreciate the most fascinating living creature on the earth today.
Cetacea - provides complete background information on every species of whale, dolphin, and porpoise known to humankind.
Basque Whaling Labrador - this historical Web site covers the whaling efforts of the Basque fisherman of France and Spain who from 1530 to 1600 hunted the right and bowhead whales from a whaling station at Red Bay, Labrador, Canada.
Orca Odyssey - is a site about killer whales geared towards elementary aged children.
Back to the Top Peace River Refuge & Ranch, Inc. - is an exotic animal sanctuary in Florida and rescues and give permanent homes to tigers, leopards, cougars, wolves, bears, monkeys, Siberian lynx, Jungle Cats, turtles and Egyptian Fruit Bats.
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The Electronic Zoo - a large collection of animal related Internet Resources.
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