My Take
The ARKive catalog has articles on a number of species, including their scientific name, habitat, ecology, threatened conditions, and links to more information. I'd like to see more/better information on taxonomy and cladistic trees.
How I Use It
Students use this website as a starting point for a research paper on wolf and moose predator / prey interactions on Isle Royale. They perform a simulation ( a program produced by SimBio) and write up a scientific paper. I include this website as a resource for more information about the wolves and moose.
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Pat D.
Teacher
Falcon Creek Middle School
Aurora, CO
August 26, 2014
Great resource for my ecology and environmental unit.
I like what I am seeing, but I will not try it out until we are studying ecology and environmental science. I am excited about what I have found on the website to support and extend my students' learning.
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Jennifer V.
Teacher
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet
Tucson, AZ
March 29, 2014
Great resources with accurate information about a very large number of animal speices!
This is a credible source with solid basic information about animals, which is important when there are so many inaccuracies out there!
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Amanda X.
Teacher
October 26, 2013
Wonderful resource for animal research.
I found this website while searching for kid suitable websites to use for our Endangered Animal Unit. This website is really great if kids need a reliable site to research info about animals. Thy include info on habitat, habits, appearance, endangered status, and conservation efforts. The info for each animal is relatively high level so if you work with low functioning kids or lower grades, this may be difficult for them to understand. My on level 6th grade students have no problem with the info. They do have great resources for all grade levels with games, projects and activities to teach ideas like classification and diversity.
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