Choose a topic below to research. Look through the websites listed and record at least 5 facts in your station notebook. Choose your favorite fact, write on a post-it note, and place it on the appropriate sheet by the computers. When you finish one topic, go on to another one. Keep researching until time to switch.
Tundra
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-profile/
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/tundra.html
http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tundra/tundra.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0166-tundra.php
Reindeer (also called Caribou)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/caribou/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/caribou/?source=A-to-Z
http://kids.yahoo.com/animals/mammals/4035--Caribou
http://www.eparks.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/caribou.asp
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Rangifer_tarandus/
Saint Matthew Island
http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/saint-matthew/
http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF16/1672.html
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/what-wiped-out-st-matthew-islands-reindeer
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
At the Beach Stations
For this station, choose one ocean animal from the websites below. Reseach the animal and write down your findings in your station notebook. You will use this research to create a PowerPoint about that animal.
Be sure to include:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/kids.htm
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/marinemammals.php
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/sea-urchin-info.htm
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/sea-turtle/index.htm
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/starfish/
Be sure to include:
- the name of the animal
- the animal's habitat
- what the animal eats
- what the animal looks like
- other interesting facts
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/kids.htm
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/marinemammals.php
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/sea-urchin-info.htm
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/sea-turtle/index.htm
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/starfish/
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