MS Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks - Kid's Klub: http://kidsclub.mdwfp.com/wildlife.aspx
MS Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks - Hunter's Online Course and More: http://home.mdwfp.com/
Biology for Kids - What is a living thing, 5 kingdoms, classification, etc.: http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/index.php
Go on a virtual safari - Be an Explorer: http://vilenski.org/science/class_info/
Window to the Universe - Life Science and Ecology: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/life.html
Adaptations in Birds: http://www.explorebiodiversity.com/BIRDS/MainPages/Adaptations.htm
Types of Bird Beaks: http://www.kidwings.com/bodyparts/beaks/index.htm
Bird Beaks and Function: http://www.normanbirdsanctuary.org/beak_adaptations.shtml
Bird Beak and Tool Comparison: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/virtualbird/student/les4.html
Bird Bingo - Match Beak to Function: http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/birds/peekbeak/
Bird Skulls - Pictures of Beaks: http://www.kidwings.com/skulls/index.htm
Bird Beaks - Lesson Plan: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=81
Bird Beak Record Sheet for Camouflaged Food
Bird Beak Record Sheet for Food Not Camouflaged
Bird Beak Lab Graph for Camouflaged Food
Bird Beak Lab Graph for Food the is Not Camouflaged
Bird Beak Lab Teacher's Class Data Collection Page
Bird Beak Lab Discussion Questions
Darwin's Finches: http://www.hras.org/sw/sw11-04.html
Map of Galapagos Islands: www.rit.edu/.../GalapagosPages/DarwinFinch.html
Industrial Melanism and the Peppered Moth: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbhdjm/courses/b242/OneGene/peppered.html
Deceptive Coloration: http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwep2a.htm
How Stuff Works: How Animal Camouflage Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/animal-camouflage.htm
Camouflage Image Gallery: http://science.howstuffworks.com/enlarge-image.htm?terms=animal+camouflage&page=0
Darwin's Finches: http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Evolution/DarwinsFinches.htm
Pre-Lesson: KWL Chart:
Lesson 1: Computer Lab for 2 day introduction using Scavenger Hunt created by Mrs. Putnam: abiotic vs biotic, levels of biotic organizaiton (organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere), symbiosis, limiting factors, endangered species:
Lesson 2: Review and teach using scavenger hunt:
Lesson 3: Oh Deer game, collect data, graph, analyze - use to learn limiting factors, graphing, carrying capacity - also look at predator prey relationship of lynx and snowshoe hares
Test:
Test Review:
Lesson 4: Owl Pellet Lab Preparation:
Lesson 5: Owl Pellet Lab demonstration of bone placement:
Lesson 6: Owl Pellet Lab Bone Comparison to Human Skeletal System
Lesson 7: Food Chains and Food Webs
1 (2 days). Mrs. Putnam's internet scavenger hunt: http://www.putnamscienceonline.com/Ecology scavenger hunt.mht
Kids Do Ecology: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
Nature Works: http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nw4.htm
Science Spot Lessons in Ecology: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/nclessons.html
Interactive Map of the World's Biomes: http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/map.html
Habitat GAMES: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geography-action/habitats.html
Visit different animal homes: http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/structures/habitats/homes/homes_animals_index.html
Demands for resouces and carbon dioxide levels: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/ecosystemsresourcesrev4.shtml
Walks in the Forest: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/walk/default.cfm
Biomes: http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/biomes/what_are_biomes_1.php
Movie and Quiz - Biomes: http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Biomes
Biomes of the World: http://www.mbgnet.net/
Explore the Serengeti: http://www.serengeti.org/
Interactive Tour of the Amazon: http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
Biomes and Animals: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/
Earth Floor: Biomes and Adaptations: http://www.cet.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html
1 (2 days). Mrs. Putnam's internet scavenger hunt: http://www.putnamscienceonline.com/Ecology%20scavenger%20hunt.mht
Climates of the USA - NOAA: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/
List of National Forest in the USA: http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/map/state_list.shtml#mississippi
50 States - find state bird, tree, and national forest: http://www.50states.com/
Terrain of the USA and other countries: http://www.pickatrail.com/jupiter/location/north_america/usa/usa.html
Franklin Institute: http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html
Biomes Around the World: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php
Geography for Kids - Ecosystems - Great Site: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_ecology.html
Ecosystems for Kids: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0164-ecosystems.php
Interactive Kid Video - PBS: http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index_flash.html
Dictionary of Ecosystem Words: http://sofia.usgs.gov/flaecohist/kidscorner/dictionary.html
Introduction to Biomes: http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
Kids Geography - Excellent: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0153-biosphere.php
Systems - good: http://www.realtrees4kids.org/ninetwelve/system.htm
Science News Environment Links: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/search.asp?catid=7
Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/teachers/ecosystems.html
Bureau of Land Management - teacher resource links: http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/teachers/resources.html
Environment Interactive: http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Biomes: http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html#tabcont
Environmetal Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/ecosystems.html
Ecological society of America / Ecosystem Fact Sheet: http://www.esa.org/ecoservices/comm/body.comm.fact.ecos.html
Ecosystem ThinkQuest: http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
EarthWatch Institute: http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=399033
Endangered Ecosystems / Scholastic: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/index.htm
Scholastics Links - Good - http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/rainforests/index.htm
Sea World Tropical Forest Ecosystem: http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/TropicalForests/home.html
National Geographic - Really Cool - Interactive Map of Ecoregions: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
United Nations Environmental Programme: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
Great Kid's Environment sites: http://www.keystone.fi.edu/cc_ehe/ehekids.shtml
Florida's everglades - Kid's corner: http://sofia.usgs.gov/flaecohist/kidscorner/projectinfo.html#species
Picture of succession in a disced field: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_download_image.asp?lib=683&linkid=416491
Picture of Grassland niche: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_download_image.asp?lib=683&linkid=416492
Schoolyard Ecosystems - Book - Lesson Guide for Ecosystems and Interactions - Looks Good: http://www.kfs.ucalgary.ca/pdfs/TeachersGuide.pdf
American Field Guide - PBS - Lesson Plan:http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/teachers/mammals/mammals_unit.html
Blueplanet - Biomes: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
Maps: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html#
Make it a Habitat - Discovery Schools - description of each habitat: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/activities/makeitahabitat/biomes.html
Make it a Habitat Lesson Plan: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/activities/makeitahabitat/index.html
Habitat Activity: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=3792
Desert USA - list animals and their adaptations: http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html
Video of desert places: http://www.desertusa.com/video_pages/videosKB_5.html
Biomes of the World - Missouri Botanical Garden: http://www.mbgnet.net/
Earth Floor explains Biomes: http://www.cet.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
Ecosystem Videos - PBS American Field Guide: http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/topics/ecosystems/index.html
Enchanted Learning - Biomes: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/taiga/taiga.shtml
Enchanted Learning - Oceans: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/
Tundra Biome: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/biomes/tundra.htm
Alpine Tundra: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/alpinetundra.html
Taiga or Boreal Forest: Video and information: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/taiga.html
Deciduous Forest Biome: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm
Nature Works - Limiting factors: http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwep12a.htm
Population Growth: http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/index.html
Mississippi Ecosystems: http://smartweed.olemiss.edu/nmgk8/curriculum/elementary/third/exploring_earths_ecosystems/exploring_earth's_ecosystems.pdf
Mississippi Ecosystems: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ecosystems/ms.htm
Biodiversity: http://www.esa.org/teaching_learning/pdfDocs/biodiversity.pdf
Biodiversity Interactive and Games - Life in the City: http://ology.amnh.org/biodiversity/lifeinthecity/index.html
The Butterfly Effect - Lesson with games and internet activities: http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/lptools/lpshared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp=&LPID=87227
Biofacts page: http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/iboy/biomonth/biofacts.html
Earth Floor Explains Biodiversity: http://www.cet.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/diversity.html
DIAPAUSE
Definition of Diapause: http://www.yourdictionary.com/diapause or http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diapausef
Diapause is a way of surviving during unfavorable environmental conditions
Article about diapause: http://search.nature.com/search/?sp_a=sp1001702d&sp_sfvl_field=subject%7Cujournal&sp_t=results&sp_q_1=Nature&sp_x_1=ujournal&sp_p_1=phrase&sp_q=diapause
You Tube - See Aquasaurs: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8231234143813771960
MIGRATION
Frequently Asked Questions about Monarch Butterflies: http://www.monarchwatch.org/read/faq1.htm
Fun and Informative Site - Animal Information Database: http://www.kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php
Information on thousands of species: http://www.enature.com/home/
Animal Creature Features: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/
Kidsfarm: http://www.kidsfarm.com/
Animal Bytes: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/index.htm
Oakland Zoo - Facts and Pictures of Many Animals: http://www.oaklandzoo.org/meet_the_animals
Take a Virtual Tour of the World: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WorldTour/
Desert Animal Videos: http://www.desertusa.com/video_pages/videosKB_3_MAM.html
National Zoo: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm
Gorillas - Sea World: http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Gorilla/home.html
Sea World / Busch Gardens Animal Information: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm
Animal Guessing Game: http://www.animalgame.com/
Diane Fosey: http://www.gorillafund.org/
Animal Video - PBS American Field Guide: http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/topics/animals/index.html
Krat's Creatures: http://pbskids.org/krattscreatures/flash.shtml
Spider Lesson Plan: http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/spiders/focus.html
The Wild Classroom links: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/home/nav/animalsweb.html
Blue Planet Animals: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/animals.htm
Pictures of Bird Skulls and other animal skulls: http://www.kidwings.com/skulls/index.htm
American Veterinary Medical Association: http://www.avma.org/
Net Vet Electronic Zoo Animals: http://netvet.wustl.edu/
Ranger Rick's Kid Zone: http://www.nwf.org/kids/
USDA Plant of the Week: http://plants.usda.gov/
Plants of different biomes: http://www.mbgnet.net/
Plant videos - PBS American Field Guide: http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/topics/plants/index.html
The Wild Classroom: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/home/nav/plantweb.html
Blueplanet Plants: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/plants.htm
How are Plants Classified: http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=818122334433
How Venus Flytraps Work: http://science.howstuffworks.com/venus-flytrap.htm
Movie and Quiz - Autumn Leaves: http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Autumn%20Leaves
What do living things need: http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/needs_living_things/living_things_have_needs1.php
Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/menu/knowus.html
Bureau of Land Management - Energy Resources: http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/explorers/lifetime/energy.html
Symbiosis - Mutualism and Commensalism - examples with pictures: http://www.nearctica.com/ecology/pops/symbiote.htm#sintro
Interactive Test Your knowledge of the levels: http://www.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/53/ch53quiz.html
How does energy pass through the ecosystem - very good summary: http://www.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/53/ch53intro.html
Plankton: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/glossary/Plankton.shtml
Interactive - Who eats who in the Coral Reef: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/
GAME: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
GAME: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/interdependence.shtml
Experiment: Make your own ecosystem experiment: http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habact4.html
Food Web of an Owl: http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/identify.html
Food Chain and food web picture link: http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-web-chain.html
Food Chain link: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Sharks and Food chain: http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_050425.html
Picture of Food Chain: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_download_image.asp?lib=683&linkid=416501
Food Chain and Pictures: http://www.angelfire.com/ns/marianw/life.htm
Scienctific American - Humans Gobble - article: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=88D6F188-E7F2-99DF-33EF7C83A99DCD04
Food chain cheetah: http://www.pbs.org/edens/etosha/fm_foodchain.htm
Food Chains - You Are What You Eat - USGS: http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/projects/fingernails/foodweb/definition.html
NSTA approved website: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Food Chain for Young Children: http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html#chart
Geography for Kids - Great Food Chains site: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html
Food Chain Video: http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/food-chain.php
Food Chain: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/FoodChains.html
Food Chain Information Sheet with Pictures: http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/facts_foodchain.html
Food Chain - pass of energy: http://www.eelsinc.org/id43.html
Food Chain video:- Energy storage - very good - http://desertusa.com/video_pages/food2_movie.html
Food Chain video of desert life - very good - also talks about energy flow: http://desertusa.com/video_pages/food_movie.html
Food Chain worksheet activity - make a food chain: http://www.kidwings.com/teacher/owlpellets/food_chain_stackers.pdf
List of Links: http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000328.shtml
EcoKids Build a food chain Game: http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm#
GAME - Build a food web: http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
Introduction to biomes and their food webs: http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
List of Links: http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000328.shtml
Lesson Plan: http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu/pdfs/Ecosystem%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf
Good Lesson Plan: http://cerp.cornell.edu/aitc/PDF/listening/2-5-WeavingTheWeb.pdf
Interesting Lesson Plan: http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/LittleMermaid.pdf
MS Museum of Natural Science List of Endangered Species of MS: http://museum.mdwfp.com/science/ms_endangered_species.html
JBHM Going Going Gone: http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=biodiversity&c
JBHM What is an Endangered Species: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1610000/newsid_1614400/1614414.stm
JBHM Biodiversity 911: http://www.biodiversity911.org/default.html
JBHM WWF: http://www.worldwildlife.org/home.html
JBHM Game - Design Habitat for Giant Pandas: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conservationcentral/
Simulate Cleaning an Oil Spill: http://www.amsa.gov.au/Marine_Environment_Protection/Educational_resources_and_information/Teachers/Classroom_Projects/Clean_up_oil_spill_exercise.asp
Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb/DeadZone.htm
Dead Zone: http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/
National Geographic 2008 Report of Dead Zone: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0525_050525_deadzone.html
Earth Day: http://www.earthday.org/
World Wildlife Federation: http://www.wwf.org/
Jane Goodall Institute: http://www.janegoodall.org/
Endangered Plants and Animals: http://www.epa.gov/kids/plants.htmh
Resources: http://www.surfnetkids.com/endangered_species.htm
Image of the Water Cycle: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_download_image.asp?lib=683&linkid=416511
Skoool: http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=315
Cycling Through Nature: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=11&quicklearn_id=4&subject_id=17&ebt=&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=
Water: http://www.yvw.com.au/waterschool/seniors.html
Eco Kids: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Tiki The Pinguin: http://tiki.oneworld.net/biodiversity/home.html
Worms as Recyclers: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/pg000104.html
Sea Turtle Tagging: http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/coastaleastafrica/seaturtle-tagging-update.html?hc1=FromHomePagePolaroid
5 Kingdoms: http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/five_kingdoms_life/classification1.php
Interactive Site: http://teachers.westport.k12.ct.us/resource/living_things.htm
***Great Summary of the 6 Kingdoms with Pictures: http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/Six_Kingdoms/Index.htm
***Chart showing characteristics of the 6 Kingdoms: http://sciencefun4all.net/Life_Sci/04Classification/JournalTopics/6kingdoms.html
*Kingdom assigment: http://sciencefun4all.net/Life_Sci/04Classification/homework/Kingdom.html
*Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Cells: http://sciencefun4all.net/Life_Sci/03Cells_CellsInAction/JournalTopics/ProVsEukaryotic.html
Kingdoms - Awesome Site: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm
Biodiversity by Kingdom: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/index.html
Fungi: The Wild Classroom: http://www.thewildclassroom.com/home/nav/otherkingdoms.html
Kingdoms: http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/Animals/Animals.htm
University of Michigan Animal Diversity: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
UCMB Berkley, Taxon Lift: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html
Tree of Life: University of Arizona: http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
5 Kingdoms of Life: http://www.davidlnelson.md/Cazadero/FiveKingdoms.htm
Classification: http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/classification/classification1.php
What is a scienctific name?:http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/fhc/whats1.htm
***Chart of the 7 Levels of Classification: http://sciencefun4all.net/Life_Sci/04Classification/JournalTopics/7LevelsClass.html
Linnean System: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/Linnaeus.shtml
Taxonomy: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/classification/Classification.shtml
Earth Floor defines Classification: http://www.cet.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/classification.html
Keys for Classification: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/idthis.htm
Dichotomus Key - Field guide: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/search_advanced.asp
Wikipedia - search organisms to see classification names and scientific names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Yucky Worm World: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/
Worm World: http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/worm/index.html
Frog Scavenger Hunt: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Treks/Frog.Hunt.html
