 Zoology sites provide information and resources pertaining
to the study of animals. Resources include photographs, video clips, multimedia
activities, essays, lesson plans, games, quizzes, and puzzles. Included:
A dozen sites to enhance a study of animals.
The field of zoology deals with a broad range of taxonomic groups, ranging
from microbes to hippos. Zoology Web sites about those many animals are
useful, not only for students doing projects and writing reports, but
also for teachers looking for materials and lesson plans to supplement
the curriculum.
Bugscope
The Bugscope project offers teachers and students the opportunity to control,
using their classroom Web browsers, an Environmental Scanning Electron
Microscope. Teachers who are interested in participating in the project
must fill out the application form, which can be accessed from the main
page. The site is available to all K-12 teachers, but might be too advanced
for K-2 classrooms.
Hippo
Beach
This online adventure includes photographs, video clips, multimedia activities,
essays, and lesson plans. The interdisciplinary lesson plan for grades
3-5 guides students in researching and creating presentations on hippos.
The lessons are aligned with national content standards for science and
language arts, and include a teacher's guide, graphic organizers, and
related resources.
The
Orkin Insect Zoo
This creepy-crawly site features interdisciplinary lessons, work sheets,
QuickTime movies, and all the information you would ever need to know
about arthropods. The teacher resource section is filled with activities
that adhere to national standards and will keep a classroom involved for
weeks working with live insects, writing, experimenting, discovering,
and "pollinating the mind."
Butterflies
2000: On the Wings of Freedom
Butterflies 2000 is a comprehensive site offering information about the
butterfly body, detailed photos taken with a scanning electron microscope,
a trick film, information about metamorphosis, games and puzzles, a quiz,
art projects, and an opportunity for students to share their butterfly
stories and poems. Included is information on keeping butterflies at school
and relationships between butterflies and humans.
The
Shape of Life
The Shape of Life is the Web site designed to accompany the PBS television
series that "tells the story of the great diversity of animal life on
Earth." Each of the show's eight episodes deals with one aspect of the
evolution of animal life -- from finding the first animal to how humans
fit into the shape of life. The site includes an activity guide and information
about the animals, including photos, grouped according to phyla.
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Article by Hazel Jobe
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04/20/2005
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