Introduction

    Back in the old days before 1994, students had to use textbooks, magazines, television and the library to collect information. These are still good things, but now you can also use the World Wide Web. Explore the Internet links on this page and look for good facts, quotations, examples, images, sound clips and video files. Imagine that you're an explorer in cyberspace and your job is to come back from a virtual journey with lots of artifacts and souvenirs to teach people back home what you learned! What's collected can then be pinned on a classroom bulletin board, pasted into an in-class newsletter, featured in a student-made multimedia stack, or posted as a Web page.

Keep these questions in mind as you work:   Print Out Questions

 
Select an animal (NOT domesticated) which you do not know very much about.

Then answer these "Animal Questions" and cite the reference materials that you use.

1. Name the animal and where it is found in the world.

2. Describe the animal: size, color, body covering, etc.

3. What structural adaptations does your animal have for feeding?

4. What structural adaptations does your animal have for defense?

5. What does your animal eat? Is it a meat eater, plant eater, or both?

6. What are your animals natural enemies?

7. Does your animal have protective coloration or protective resemblance?

8. Describe your animals habitat.

9. Is your animal an endangered species?

10. Why did you choose this animal?

11. Name one fact you learned about this animal and would like to share with your class.
 

Web Surfing Instructions:  Print Out Web Surf Instructions

1. Explore the Internet sites linked below. You're looking for facts, quotes, examples, images, sound clips, videos, and animations that you think are important aspects of the topic.
2. When you find something you like, check its Web page for a copyright notice. Often, students are encouraged to copy things that will only be used in the classroom. Sometimes people don't want their work copied at all. A good practice is looking for an e-mail link on the page and then using it to ask permission.
3. Copy any text you want by dragging across the words, then using the Edit - Copy command on the menubar. Paste what you highlighted into a basic text editor, word processor, desktop publishing program or multimedia program.
4. Save images you like by downloading them. Paste the images you've downloaded into a multimedia, paint or desktop publishing program (like HyperStudio, ClarisWorks/AppleWorks, or PageMaker) or use one of the graphics viewers listed as Tools on this page to display your collection of images.
5. Be prepared to cut anything that copyright owners tell you they don't want you to have.
6. Once you have collected your information, go over it carefully so that you can give clear and thoughtful reasons why you found the things you collected especially important.

The Internet Resources:

• Kids' Action: Rainforest Animals - Where can you find an antelope the size of a rabbit, a frog that can fly, or a spider that eats birds? All in tropical rainforests, of course!...
• About: Animals in Australia - An informative and entertaining description of animals in Australia. Contains vivid photography and graphics. ...
• Y!-Animals - Animals. Kids' Almanac Home. Animals From Aardvarks to Zebras. From the single-celled protozoan to the highly complex and intelligent human being,...
• The Wild Ones: Endangered Animals - Birds. Herptiles. Habitats. Invertebrates. Mammals. This page is an index to articles about many of the animals that The Wild Ones parent...
• Fossil Rim Wildlife Center of Exotic and Endangered Animals - Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is an exciting wildlife research and breeding center that exists for the benefit of everyone who loves and cares about wildlife.  Dedicated to breeding endangered animals, Fossil Rim provides a home for hundreds of endangered and threatened animals from around the world including 16 different endangered species.
• Fossil Rim Kids Fun Stuff - Word find, coloring pages ...
• Rainforest Main Page - Take a Walk in the Rainforest -- A Self-guided Tour. Tropical Rainforests are home to 50-90% of all the world's species of plants and animals....
• Rainforest Fact Sheets for Kids
• Rainforest Kids Pages
• PBS Voyage to the Galapagos - Scientific American Frontiers invites you to join us on our expedition to the Galapagos Islands!
• Alaskan Cool Places For Kids - Homeschool Link of the Week Every week a new link to somewhere on the WWW that is of interest to me as a homeschooler, and hopefully to you as well. This Weeks Link -
• Animal Planet Discovery - Discovery Channel Online Animals
• Discovery Channel Online - Discovery Channels Online, endangered animals
• Discovery Channel Online Live CAMS - Discovery Channels Online, Live cams of animals
• Kids World 2000 Animals, Zoos, & Aquariums - An awesome site for kids, overflowing with links to entertaining and educational web pages around the world: spectacular museums, zoos, sports,...
• Smithsonian Institution National Zoo - National Zoological Park. 1890. The National Zoo, established by Congress in 1889, maintains a large and varied animal collection for exhibition,...
• Cyber Zoo Animal Pictures - A collection of pictures and facts of little known animals.
• SUNET Swedish University Network Animal Pictures - FTP server of animal pictures
• Electronic Zoo / NetVet - Animal Image Collection - Collection of animal pictures
• Oceans ALIVE! - Museum of Science: The oceans are alive! Our planet, mostly covered by water, is filled with movement and life. Learn all about our global seas in Oceans ALIVE!
• Oceans Alive - Oceans Alive is an educational project undertaken by ABC Online in conjunction with the Community Biodiversity Network, The British Council Australia and oz-TeacherNet. It commenced in Ocean Week 1998 and will be active throughout 1998 and 1999.
• Electronic Zoo / NetVet - Animal Image Collection - Collection of animal pictures
• Smithsonian Institution National Zoo - National Zoological Park. 1890. The National Zoo, established by Congress in 1889, maintains a large and varied animal collection for exhibition,...
• Cyber Zoo Animal Pictures - A collection of pictures and facts of little known animals.
• SUNET Swedish University Network Animal Pictures - FTP server of animal pictures
• Puzzle Maker - A site that allows you to create puzzles and games for your newsletters, flyers, handouts, or classroom assignments.
• How to Cite Your Electronic References - The Elements of Citation Part 1 of The Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor (Columbia UP, 1998) presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources. The unique element approach used makes this a useful reference book for citing electronic sources regardless of the specific bibliographic style you may be required to use.

Tools 

References

Hypertext Webster Dictionary

Get definitions to many words quickly.

Internet Thesaurus

Find words that have similar meanings to words you run across.

Grabbing Web Images

Follow a friendly step-by-step tutorial on how to grab images from the Web.

Filamentality 2.0

A step-by-step tutorial on making a webpage for a hotlist, scrapbook, hunt, webquest

Software

download JPEGView (Macintosh)

Software for showing images

download Lview Pro (Windows)

Software for showing images

HyperStudio

Multimedia authorware used at many schools. Check out the Website for support, ideas, and the Netscape Plug-In

Shareware.com

Thousands of software programs you may want to download and use.

HTML Tutorial

Create your own Web page to show what you've learned.

 

 
 

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Content by Mrs. A. M. Levesque Copyright 1999. All Rights Reserved Last revised Aug. 2001