Hop around here with Freddie the Frog and you'll learn some ineresting things!
A Sea Turtle Library
Jasons Snakes and Reptiles.
Underwater World.
Sea World.

Kiwi - Information about the Kuaotunu Kiwi Sanctuary in New Zealand. - Photos and audios.
Whales:A Thematic Web Unit - Lesson plans - Information - Homework suggestions.
Rain Forest/Vines 6535 - This is Elisha's Homepage with information about animals and endangered species.
Paso Partners Homepage - Units of work , Spiders, Five Senses, Plants and more. A site well worth looking at.

Animal Bytes: Includes Fast Facts, photos and Fun Facts.

Bat Links.

NZ Department of Conservation.

Bats, Bats, Everywhere.

Echo The Bat. Great Site. Online story and Teacher lessons.

Worm World.

Bug World.

Hedgehogs. Find out about Hedgeetta at Loogootee Elementary School. Lots of activities for younger kids. A super site for young kids starting out on the Internet.

The Cub Den. Great site for younger kids.

Real Time Science Experiment. Grades K to 8. There is a new K - 4 Component. Children can read "Why Can't Aunt Dee Sleep?" and find out about experiments with hamsters. Kids will really enjoy visiting this site. Suitable for young surfers.

Axolotls.

All About Frogs. Find Colouring pages, Frequently Asked Questions, Weird Frog Facts. Great site.

Excellent Spider site.

National Geographic's Tarantulas.

Insects - What's Bugging You? Excellent.

Science Spot: Adopt an Insect lessons.

Butterflies For Kids. A ThinkQuest Project

Reptiles and Anphibians - A Thematic Unit.

A Penguin Thematic Unit.

The Pencil Site. Tells how they are made etc. Great site.

Huge collection of sea resources here.

Polar Bears - Fom the Writing Den.

Fun facts about Fungi.

The Monarch Butterfly. Excellent photos and short text explaining the life cycle. Use this with Junior classes.

Children's Butterflies.

Bears. Useful for older children's research projects.

Australian animals.Interesting slideshows made by young children at Daniel Elementary. Topics ar Koala, Echnida, Wallaby, Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian Devil and Kangaroo. Great site for young children.

Waddle Waddle Penguins. A Think Quest Entry.

A Thematic Unit: Ducks

Penguins in New Zealand. Excellent Site.

Protecting the Weta.

All About Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. K3 Teacher's Guide from Sea World.

Ocean Friends. From Sea World. - Whales, Penguins (story), Dolphins, Sea Lion, Sting Ray, Walrus and Manatee.

Whales. K3 Teacher's Guide from Sea World.

Sea World Teacher Guides. - You'll find resources for Water, Flight, Orcas, Animals etc.

A History of Apples.

Insect Unit

Animals of the Arctic. (Think Quest)

Plants. Great Lesson Plan.

Animal Mini Units.

Mamals Unit.

The Great Plant Escape. Detective LePlant guides students through the information they need about plants and the part they play in our lives. In six multi-disciplinary lessons, plants, dirt, flowers, and bulbs are the center of attention. A teachers guide integrates the lessons and online quizzes with other classroom ideas.Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School.

Amazing Insects.

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms. Lesson ideas from the University of Arizona. (Grade Two.) All lessons have three sections. They are teacher preparation (set-up and materials), the actual lesson plans, and additions (extensions, vocabulary, and a bibliography). The lessons also contain direct links to pertinent activity, information, and rearing sheets.

Mushrooms.

Habitats - Oceans and Deserts. (Unit)

Plants and Our Environment.

Herbs

Come to Your Senses.ThinkQuest Junior.

Plants: A Thematic Unit.

Kids Valley Web Garden.

Whales - Blue whales, Beluga whales and Humpback.

Rainforest - Australia. Looking for information about platypus, fungi, birds, reptiles dingos, kangaroos etc? You'll find it all here.

Rainforest Education.com - has a great section for early readers. A photo intensive site. Excellent resource.

Gander Academy Rainforest Resources.

Rainforestweb.orgNew site launched in March 2001. Lots of links.

Why Save the Rainforest?

Tropical Rainforests.

Rainforest Activities from abcteach.

Collaborative Thematic Unit: Rainforest.

Amazon Katydids.

Children's Tropical Forests.

Rainforest Action Network.

Enchanted Learning - Rainforests. Find animal print outs, puzzles, and a quiz. Great for younger readers.

And what happens when the rainforests are destroyed? Take a look at the Malaysian Elephant Centre at Kuala Gandah.

Rainforest Rally. Well worth taking a look here. In these lessons, students discover facts about rain forests and learn to appreciate their importance in our lives.

Amazon Rainforest Unit Plan - 1 st Grade.

Tropical Rainforest in Suriname. (I found the low tech version to be faster.) There are great sound clips and lots of photos.

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