Life Science Links for Teachers

LIFE SCIENCE LINKS FOR TEACHERS

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Kindergarten Butterflies

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

SECTION TWO: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION THREE: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

D, TB: All about butterflies and moths

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

School Garden for Butterflies

School butterfly garden

Images of Butterflies from

ENCHANTED LEARNING: BUTTERFLIES

Butterfly Units by Teachers

Teacher Background

Crafts

Language

Spanish Web pages

El Mundo de Las Plants

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Key for science links:
A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

First Grade Amphibians

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #1: Describe a habitat and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

A: Frogs in a food chain
A: Food chain game

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

A: What to do to help frogs
SB: Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana
SB: American Green Tree Frog - Hyla cinerea
SB: Turtle defenses
TB: Endangered Frogs
SB: Frogs are disappearing

ENCHANTED LEARNING: AMPHIBIANS

L: Animal Bytes
L: Informational Sites
L: Interactive Sites
L: Printable Activities

Crafts

Language

Spanish Resources from the Zoo in Madrid

Rana Roja Asiática

Very Capable Students

Frog computer games

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Second Grade Birds

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

From the Natural History Museum:

From other web sites:

Birds in the program but not in the bird booklet:

D, SB: American Bittern (hides)

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #1: Describe a habitat and the organisms that live there.

A: What's In a Nest?
A: Attracting Woodpeckers

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

D, SB: : Snowy Plover info

Ask an Expert

FAQs about Eggs

Crafts

Language Arts Activities

Math

Snacks

Candy bird nests

Social Studies

State birds

Very Capable Students

TB, SB: Animal Planet Birds

ENCHANTED LEARNING: BIRDS

The Life of Birds

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Third Grade Arthropods

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #1: Describe a habitat and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

Crafts

Language Arts

Music

Snacks

Social Studies

Products from the Forest


TB, SB: Animal Planets Insects
ENCHANTED LEARNING: INSECTS

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Fourth Grade Marine Mammals

ENCHANTED LEARNING: WHALES

ENCHANTED LEARNING: OCEANS

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #2: Group or classify organisms based on a variety of characteristics.

Whalesongs.org

Benchmark #2: Describe how adaptations help a species survive.

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #2: Describe the relationship between characteristics of specific habitats and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #2: Describe the life cycle of an organism.

D, SB: Life of the Sockeye Salmon
D, SB: Whale reproduction

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark #2: Describe basic plant and animal structures and their functions.

A: Ocean food web to create

Ask an Expert

Ask Jake the Sea Dog

Crafts

Language Arts

Math

Music

Simple songs

Very Capable Students

Put yourself in Gilligan's shoes

TB, SB: Animal Planets Water Life

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D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Fifth Grade Mammals

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #2: Group or classify organisms based on a variety of characteristics.

Benchmark #2: Describe how adaptations help a species survive.

TB, SB: From Animal Planet

From Kidsplanet

D, SB: African Lion
D, SB: Bobcat
D, SB: Cheetah
D, SB: Jaguar
D, SB: Leopard
D, SB: Lynx
D, SB: Puma
D, SB: Snow Leopard
D, SB: Tiger

L: Animal Bytes

bcadventure.com

D, SB: Bobcat
D, SB: Cougar
D, SB: Coyote
D, SB: Deer
D, SB: Elk
D, SB: Lynx

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #2: Describe the relationship between characteristics of specific habitats and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #2: Describe the life cycle of an organism.

D, SB: Life cycle of a bobcat

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark #2: Describe basic plant and animal structures and their functions.

Ask an Expert

Ask Dr. Harry

Crafts

Language

Very Capable Students

ENCHANTED LEARNING: MAMMALS

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Sixth Grade Rainforest

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

from Animal Planet

Links from Animal Bytes

Fish

D, SB: Anatomy

Exotic Plants and Animals

Lesson Plans for the Africanized Honey Bee

Detailed Information about Exotics

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Rainforest

Biome Study

Earthworms

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Owls

D, SB: Owl Informational/Coloring Sheets
A: DISSECT OWL PELLETS ON LINE
White Footed Mouse
Shrew
Vole
Woodrat
Brown Rat
Eastern Mole
SB: Overview
SB: Behavior
SB: Food and Hunting
SB: Digestion
D, SB: Eyes and Vision
D, SB: Ears and Hearing
D, SB: Feathers and Flight
D, SB: Breeding and Reproduction

The Water Cycle

El agua gira y gira

The Nitrogen Cycle

Ask an Expert

Capable Students

Language

Spanish Resources

D, SB: Earthworm Anatomy

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Seventh Grade Anatomy

Anatomy

Cells

Integumentary System

Skeletal System

NEW: eSkeletons Project
SB: Joints
TB: Osteoporosis: Myths and Misconceptions
D, SB: Wrist Fractures
D, B: Bone Tutorial

Muscular System

Nervous System/Endocrine System

I: Directional Stroop Test On Line
I: Number Stroop Test On Line
A; Handedness
A: Make Neurons
A: The Stroop Effect
A: Unscramble Your Brain Puzzles (shockwave)
A: Build a Neuron (shockwave)
A: Build a Brain (shockwave)
A: Tour a Brain (shockwave)
A: Gallery of Visual Illusions (shockwave)
A: The Homunculus (shockwave)
A: Inactivate Acetylcholineshockwave)
A: Who Wants to be a Mill-Neuron_Aire?
A: Hearing
A: Smell
A: Taste
A: Touch
A: Sight
A: Test Your Reaction Time - Start and Stop
A: Test Your Reaction Time - Hit the Dot
A: Test Your Reaction Time - Colors
A: Test Your Reaction Time - Check the Boxes
A: Reflexes
TB: Next Generation of Brain Scans
TB: Vivid World of Odors
TB: Finding the Odorant Receptors
TB: How Rats and Mice Recognize Odor
TB: The Memory of Smells

California State Science Fair Projects

Circulatory/Immune/Lymph Systems

I: Heart Animations and Interactives
I: Heart Pumping (labeled) (Animation)
I: Blood Flow through the Heart (Animation)
I: Capillaries (Animation)
I: Cardiovascular System (Animation)
I: Heart Beating (Animation)
A: Investigate Blood Pressure
A: Make a Simple Stethoscope
A: Heart Sounds
A: Heart as a Pump
D: Valves and Pumps
D, SB: Blood Reactions

Research for Capable Students

Respiratory System

Digestive System

Social Studies

History Highlights of Nutrition

Math

Music

Brain Songs for the Nervous System

Capable Students

Protect Your Brain, Mr. Egghead!

Physical Education

Outside Brain Games to Play

Art

Neuroscience Coloring Pages

Language

Celebrating Women in Medicine

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Eighth Grade Ecosystems

On Line Atlases: Ecosystems through Time Maps
Biomes: Biome Summary; Major Biomes of the World

Biomes

Taiga

COFT.EDU: Facts; Plants; Animals

Taiga

Desert


COFT.EDU: Facts; Plants; Animals

Desert Scrub
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
El Ecosistema de los Desiertos

Ocean A: Build an online Food Web

Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
Mares y Océanos

Tropical Rainforest

COFT.EDU: Facts; Plants; Animals

RADFORD UNIVERSITY
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
Ecosistema de la Selva Tropical

Grasslands

COFT.EDU

Facts; Plants; Animals

Tropical RADFORD UNIVERSITY
Temperate RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU

Ecosistema de los Pastizales

Wetland


Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU

Temperate Decicuous Forest

COFT.EDU: Facts; Plants; Animals

RADFORD UNIVERSITY
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
Ecosistema de los Bosques Templados

Tundra


COFT.EDU: Facts; Plants; Animals

RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
Ecosistema de la Tundra

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A = Activity
D = Illustration for teacher or students
TB = Teacher Background

SB = Student Background (adapt for students)
I = Interactive Web Site
L = List of Links to other sites
NEW = Link Added This School Year

Last Updated February 1, 2009