Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Movie/Animation, Audio/Visual - Sound, Instructional Material - Interactive Simulation, Instructional Material - Instructor Guide/Manual
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6

Life cycles of animals - cycles

http://www.uen.org/themepark/cycles/animal.shtml

After a brief introduction, the page is divided into Places to go, People to see, Things to do, Teacher resources and a Bibliography. Each division has several links. For example the Places to go division has links to frog, ant, coral reef, and American bald eagle life cycles.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Activity, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Butterfly Lab

http://www.naturemuseum.org/online/thebutterflylab/index.htm

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.This focused and comprehensive site includes pages on butterfly anatomy, life cycle, behavior and ecology. Each page is enhanced with photographs. There is an additional link to ongoing research A Tool Box side bar links to Ask-an-expert, My lab, and For teachers.

Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Photograph, Instructional Material - Experiment/Lab Activity, Instructional Material - Instructor Guide/Manual, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Insecta - Information

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Insecta.html

The world is convered in bugs, so shouldnt you know a little bit about them? Find out what you need at Insecta Inspecta World!

Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Photograph, Audio/Visual - Sound, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6

Animal Diversity Web

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare this part.

Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Photograph, Audio/Visual - Sound, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference, Reference Material - Classification Key
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Metamorphosis

http://exhibits.pacsci.org/insects/metamorphosis.html

Describes both complete and incomplete metamorphosis using specific examples, and colored schematic illustrations for each stage.

Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Illustration, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Animal structure and function

http://bioweb.usc.edu/courses/2004-spring/documents/bisc221-baudry_lecture21.pdf

A slide show discussing hierarchical organization tissues, organs, systems, regulation of internal environment: metabolic rate, body plans and external environment, and bioenergetics of animals.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Lecture/Presentation
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Salamander superpowers - a question of regeneration

http://www.sciencecases.org/regeneration/regeneration.asp

This story of a brother, sister and a found salamander reveals the concept of regeneration. Five questions at the end of the story connect regeneration to human biology and stem cell research.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Case Study
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6

Regulation and behavior

http://www.teachersdomain.org/sci/life/reg/index.html

How can animals and plants exist in every biome on Earth: blazing hot or freezing cold, sopping wet or bone dry? How does homeostasis help organisms survive changes in their environment? How do animals, including humans, sense change in their environment, and how do they respond? Explore these questions and more in this collection of Regulation and Behavior resources.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Instructor Guide/Manual , Instructional Material - Lesson/Lesson Plan
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6