Habitats+and+Communities

=Vocabulary = Kids Dictionary - Try this link first. Type the word you are looking up where it says Enter Word. Then click GO! dictionary.com - type the word you are looking up in the top search bar then click the magnifying glass. [|www.kidsplanet.org] - Click on Web of Life and follow the story to fill in your glossary Wikipedia for Kids A version of wikipedia written in simple English.

Animal groups game

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=Animal Websites = World Book Online for Kids Wikipedia for Kids A version of wikipedia written in simple English. Animals and their habitats; search for animals – shares info about animals and habitats; pictures and video Happenin' Habitats BBC Habitats National Geographic National Geographic Creature Feature Canadian Geographic [|**http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/habitat/#**] - Play a quick game of “MSB’s The Great Habitat Match-up Game ; learn what a habitat is and that nearly extinct animals need their habitats protected; match 5 animals to their habitats and learn facts about them [|**http://www.discoverycenter.org/curriculum/Living/liv_inter.htm#animals**] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Lots of links to interactive animal-related sites <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|**http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750**] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Animal adaptations <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Food Chains <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|**http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2science.html**] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- SmartBoard activity on Food Chains (producer, consumer) – uses river, woodland and seashore habitats (click on “Food Chains”) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|**http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/interdependence_fs.shtml**] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Focus is “Interdependence and Adaptation”; find 8 living things in the woodland habitat; drag them to complete a food web; sort the animals based on ‘criteria’ (legs? shell?); complete a 10 question quiz; (click on the magnifying glass on the sorter page to find out more about the animal or plant) = = =<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OWLS = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|**http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm**] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- owl pellet dissection (includes a link to a video and a virtual owl pellet dissection activity)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- a variety of short videos/video clips on owls are available here for viewing on-line; go to this page and on the right hand side you’ll see videos by category; select animals – it takes a bit of time to load; then click on birds, then birds of prey; you’ll see 3 choices – Great Horned Owl, Hoot Cuisine, Snowy Owl)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Select World Book Kids (search animals)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.owlpages.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- This site was recommended by our presenter, Dr. Duncan

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.naturenorth.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- This site was recommended by our presenter, Dr. Duncan (he says to scroll down to “The Great Grey Owl”) =<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">POURQUOI TALES & STORY VINES = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- A few samples of student tales

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Many samples of student tales

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Definition of pourquoi tales and samples of 3 very short tales

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|**http://www.ihms.mb.ca/News%20&%20Events/News%20&%20Events%201999-2000/story_vines.html**] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Shows sample story vines

=<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Food Web Plastecine Activity = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Barbara Reid's website