Madison School Grade 3 Mrs. Karabinus Ms. Pollarine Ms. Gage

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General Sites - with information on many animals:

• SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Resources - sections for a number of animals plus quick facts at Animals Bytes and common questions at Ask Shamu.
• Animal Pictures Archive - photos, clipart, sound and video clips
• Animal Diversity Web
• eNature.com
• Aquarium of the Pacific Animal Database - scroll down to the Animal Master List
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Online Field Guide
• The Electronic Zoo
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce - About Marine Mammals
• Ocean Oasis Field Guide
• Coral Realm - sharks, rays, reef fishes, and invertebrates
• Reef Education Network
• Backyard Animals
• Biomes of the World: What's It Like Where You Live - sections for Temperate Oceans, Tropical Oceans, Shorelines.

  Take a break and have some fun!

• Switch Zoo - Make your own new animal here! It's a virtual switcheroo zoo.
• Puffy the Puffer's Book of Fun - puzzles and quizzes

Sites for specific topics

• Red Piranha | Indianapolis Zoo Piranha
• PBS NOVA: Kingdom of the Seahorse | Secrets of the Seahorse
• Introduction to Cnidaria (jellyfish) | JelliesZone | Jellies: Living Art
• Enchanted Learning Sea Anemones | Sea and Sky Corals & Anemones
• Seal Conservation Society | Enchanted Learning Harbor Seal | International Year of the Ocean Seals & Sea Lions | World Almanac for Kids: Seal
• Enchanted Learning All About Whales | Whales sources | International Year of the Ocean Whales
• Yellowfin Tuna
• Enchanted Learning Eels | Indianapolis Zoo Electric Eel - Green Moray Eel
• Crabs | Enchanted Learning Crabs | Sea and Sky Crustaceans
• Gulf of Maine Aquarium: All About Lobsters
• Gulf of Main Aquarium: All About Turtles | National Geographic World Turtles in Trouble | CCC Learn About Sea Turtles | World Almanac for Kids: Turtles
• Natural Perspective: Starfish | Echinoderms | Sea and Sky Echinoderms
• American Cetacean Society Fact Sheet Bottlenose Dolphin - Common Dolphin - Rizzo's Dolphin | Sea and Sky Marine Mammals
• Sea and Sky: Sharks & Rays | PBS Kratts' Creatures Southern Stingray
• About Octopuses | World Almanac for Kids: Octopus
• Indianapolis Zoo Giant Clam | Sea and Sky: Mollusks | Hard Clam | Aliens Explore Earth Molluses and Snails
• San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes Iguana | World Almanac for Kids: Iguana
• San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes Frogs & Toads | Aliens Explore Earth Amphibians (frogs, newts, salamanders)
• Sea and Sky: Reef Fishes - Unusual Fishes
• Sea and Sky Marine Reptiles | World Almanac for Kids: Snake | Aliens Explore Earth Snakes and Turtles
• Pacific Coral Reefs |
• Our Mussel Short Facts | Discover Freshwater Mussels
• American Oyster - Atlantic Oyster Drill | Maryland Sea Grant Oysters in the Classroom
• San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes Alligator & Crocodile | PBS Kratts' Creatures American Alligator | World Almanac for Kids: Alligators
• Ducks | World Almanac for Kids: Ducks
• PBS Creature Hippopotamus | World Almanac for Kids: Hippopotamus | African Wildlife Foundation: Hippopatamus
• World Almanac for Kids: Manatee | Wonderful World of the Manatee | Manatees & Dugongs
• White Pelican | Everglades National Park White Pelican
• Belize Zoo Great Egret | Great Egret - Snowy Egret | Reddish Egret
• Salamander Chronicles
• Indianapolis Zoo Red Spotted Newt
• San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes Otter | Otternet
• Snails and Slugs | Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopaedia Snails
• In Search of Giant Squid | Unnatural Museum Giant Squid | PBS Nature Incredible Suckers | Cephalopod Page
• NOVA Online Island of the Sharks | All About Sharks | Enchanted Learning Sharks

BOOKS

Look for books at the Library in the Animals 590 section. General books and encyclopedias will be at the beginning of this section. Specific topics will be arranged as follows:

• 591 Natural history of animals: genetics, adaptation, behavior, ecology
• 592 Invertebrates
• 593 Miscellaneous marine and seashore invertebrates (for example: jellyfish, anemone, corals, starfish, sand dollars)
• 594 Mollusks (example: mussel, oyster, scallop, snail, octopus, squid)
• 595 Arthropoda (example: lobster, crab, shrimp)
• 596 Chordata
• 597 Cold-Blooded Vertebrates (example: frog, toad, snake, fish, saladmander, newt, crocodile, alligator, iguana, seahorse, turtle)
• 598 Birds (example: duck, swan, pelican, egret)
• 599 Mammals (example: seal, whale, dolphin, sea lion, pygmy hippopotamus, manatee)