REFERENCE
A brief article listing common household pets around the world.
A brief list of some ways animals express themselves.
An article about the scientific classification of animals.
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Motivate students to read with these bear-focused ideas and bulletin board example.
ACTIVITIES
Distribute this printable worksheet that goes with the Wild Critters Lesson.
Find answers to your dino questions, for example, are all fossils dinosaurs, what was the biggest dinosaur, what was the…
This article speculates on how the Turkey was named. This reference will spark a fun discussion around the Thanksgiving…
These terms describe various animal attributes.
Read about how various animals father their young.
WORKSHEETS
Use this worksheet with the Animal Apartments lesson.
Students write their own story about Curious George.
Use this vocabulary list with the Sea Horses: Father Knows Best lesson.
TEACHING RESOURCE
Use this vocabulary list with the Wild Critters lesson.
LESSON PLANS
Become an instant expert on the Arctic and Antarctic. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need…
Extend and enhance students' enjoyment of the book The Tarantula Scientist with this printable classroom activities…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Browse a printable teacher resource book that will get students excited about the animal kingdom. Students learn about…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Kudryavka, the first dog in outer space.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the hundreds of swallows who return each year to Mission San Juan…
Students learn about the endangered Condor species, and California's attempt to revitalize the population. They then are…
Students observe the characteristics of an earthworm and make inferences about whether an earthworm is an animal and…
Students examine pictures of animals and classify their characteristics. Materials list, advance preparation…
Students predict and observe the responses of an earthworm to stimuli. Materials list, advance preparation instructions,…
Students observe patterns, colors, and shapes of objects in the classroom, and make insect models that blend into the…
Students model population changes in migrating birds, and identify environmental changes that caused the population to…
