| Interactive Activity
Cyber Tiger by National Geographic Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/tigers/maina.html
Name the tiger you are getting and then begin the adventure
of building a home in your zoo for your tiger; making the home safe;
feeding your new tiger; and finding toys for it to play with. This site is
great for young elementary students.
Aza's Clubhouse
http://www.azasweb.com/clubhouse/
Aza’s Clubhouse offers kid-friendly games and activities with an
environmental message.
Zoos [top]
Lincoln Park Zoo
http://www.lpzoo.com/menu.html
Under Animals, there is information on each animal in the zoo including
material on the environment each animals comes from and what the animal
lives to eat. There is also a live Tiger Cam where you can see the tigers
and move the camera around by clicking anywhere on the image.
- Take a Tour of the Zoo
http://www.lpzoo.com/tour/tour.html
Take a tour and meet the animals in their homes: penguin and
seabird house, large mammal habitat, bear and wolf habitat, bird house,
bird of prey, primate house, lion house, sea lion pool, swan pond,
waterfowl lagoon, great ape house and more.
The San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
This site has great pictures of animals and information on the animal
including what they eat. Take a look at the new
Kid Territory.
The National Zoo--All About
Animals
http://www.fonz.org/animals.htm
This site, part of the National Zoo,
has a Library of Animal Facts, Wildlife Links, and an
animal index.
Natural Habitat Zoo
http://tallahasseemuseum.org/animals.cfm
USA
Zoos, Zoos in the United States
http://www.officialusa.com/stateguides/zoos/index.html
WebQuests [top]
Earth Explorers--There's No Place Like Home
http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/EarthEx/index.htm
The task: "Calling all Earth Explorers--Some of our animal friends
are homeless and need help. Our homes are perfect for us, and these
animals need homes which are perfect for them. Your job is to find
information about one animal to help it find a new home."
Zelda's Zany Zoo
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/zanyzoo.html
"You have just been hired by Zelda the Zookeeper to design a new animal
habitat for the city's zoo." Ideas and links are provided for this
webquest.
The
Virtual Zoo: Habitats
http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/habitats.htm
Lists of animals found in different types of habitats.
Prisoners or Protected? A Web Quest Exploring the Humanity of Zoos
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/zoos/quest.htm
This WebQuest helps upper elementary students explore and discuss issues
surrounding zoos and
the treatment of captive animals. The student can take on the roll of an
animal right activist, a habitat expert, a zoo evaluator or a zoologist.
For example the Habitat Expert will find links to habitats in zoos and
designing a zoo exhibit with question about the information to answer. The
site has a link to Cyber Tiger and The ZooNet also.
The Tiger Information Center
http://www.5tigers.org/
The Tiger Information Center is dedicated to providing information to help
preserve the remaining five subspecies of tigers.
Animal Sites [top]
The Wild One
http://www.thewildones.org/wildOnes.html
Animal Omnibus
http://www.animalomnibus.com/
This site, produced by the Birmingham Zoo is an extensive list of web
sources indexed by the name of the animal. This is a very good site for
animal research.
The Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
This has tons of animal links. Check out the pick of the litter under
what's new. This weeks pick is Bioinfo Animal Picture Archive, a database
of over 14,000 animal pictures.
Sea World/Busch Gardens
Animal Resources
http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Animal Diversity Website is
a collections of pictures and information about animals.
Worksheets [top]
Yak's Corner Teacher Guide
http://www.caller2.com/nfl/teach_082601.pdf
Worksheet to use to gather material on an animals habitat. [Return
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