All About Nature: Animal Printouts (All Ages)
This site has pictures of over 500 animals from many different environments. Have students print out several based on a set of criteria you give them (for example, animals found in our state, in the rain forest, etc.) to make a colorful bulletin board display. This site can also be used for researching animals.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/
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The Butterfly Trail (Pre-K-2)
Younger students will enjoy listening and taking part in this interactive story about a character named Digby who takes a nature walk and encounters butterflies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/story/butterfly/sound.html
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American Museum of Natural History Online Field Journal (K-3)
Younger students will enjoy comparing objects from nature, printing offline field journals, and learning about creating dioramas at this site.
http://www.amnhonline.org/NationalCenter/online_field_journal/
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Bird Watcher (1-2)
Match the bird shape, the habitat, and the name of the bird in this interactive game for young children.
http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/ga?bn1_ds1,s
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Plants Parts Salad (2-4)
Here students can make a virtual salad and learn the parts of plants.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/index.html
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Serengeti Photo Safari (2-4)
Kids drive around the Serengeti Plain in a car and take pictures of animals. If students take enough pictures before nightfall, they get to see a movie of their snapshots.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/serengeti/game.html
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Wild Arcade! (2-5)
Students will enjoy playing a game, doing a puzzle, and coloring a nature-related page at this fun site created by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
http://kidsgowild.com/wa-wildarcade.html
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Build a Prairie (3-5)
In this activity, students must choose the correct plants and wildlife choices in order to make a barren plain full of life. Can they meet the challenge?
http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/prairie/build/index.html
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Mad Libs from The National Wildlife Federation (3-5)
Older students will enjoy creating silly mad libs about nature, at the same time reinforce their knowledge of parts of speech.
http://www.nwf.org/nwf/games/
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WWF Kids’ Stuff (3-5)
Older children will enjoy exploring here. Fact sheets, quizzes, games, and more are given.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/kids.cfm
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Yucky Bug World (3-5)
Learn all about bugs at this yucky site. Kids can read from "A Day in the Life of Ralph Roach," take a roach quiz, and more. Also included is a lot of information about worms from Wendell the Worm.
http://www.yucky.com/roaches/
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