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Animals and Insects

Animals Bats Spiders

Animal Games
Interactive games include classification, endangered animals, animal diets, animal characteristics and food chain

Endangered Animals Puzzles and Matching Games

Animal Pages Learn about various mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, invertebrates, amphibians

Animal Quizzes

 Animals of Pennsylvania

Animals of  Antarctica and the Arctic

 The Incredible World of Mammals

What is a Mammal?


Mammal Species of the World

Whales

Polar Animals
 These primary themed activities cover math, games, songs, and art projects, with torn paper igloos, animal shape match-ups, and more

 


 

 Bat Theme Unit
Elementary students can choose a printable page to write an acrostic bat poem, learn about similes through bat idioms, make a bat shape book, complete a bat word search, and more.

All About Bats
This site provides plenty of printables on bats and bat anatomy, along with general background information on classifying bats. Find  specific info on both the fruit bat, and the ever-popular vampire bat.

Congress Avenue Bridge Bat Flight
One of the most amazing sights in Austin, Texas, takes place every evening from March to early November, when 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from their roosts under the Congress Avenue Bridge.

How Bats Work - Seeing with Sound

 

 

 


 
 

The Great Spider Debate
Some people think they're pretty creepy, while others are simply fascinated. This lesson plan hunts them down for comparisons, contrasts, and classifications. Through close observation and recording techniques, students will formulate a report or presentation, focusing on different adaptations of spiders and their survival techniques.

Spider Activities
Go well beyond the normal background text and research and find a list here of several student activities to choose from and extend your own unit on spiders

Araneae

Spiders for Kids

Spider Anatomy

Under the Spell of Spiders?
 Learn about a spider's life, explore the way people and cultures view spiders.

Spider Unit
Organize and classify spiders, learn about spider anatomy, investigate  habitats, and create edible spiders

Spiders for First Grade
Start with a KWL chart, and then get involved in crafts and experiments to learn more about these fascinating creatures.

Spiders

Tarantulas

Spider Links

Snakes


Revised: Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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