These pages were designed to help 4th graders work on animal reports. The student product is a five-paragraph theme on animals to meet the 4th grade Language Arts standards.

Students search for information from the selected sites and record their results on notecards.

• This site allows students to click on a biome and then select plants and
  animals found there. The frames are rather annoying, however.
  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
  
  
• Try this online data base for basic info on various animals. Also has a
  link to animal audio files.
  http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/index.htm
  
  
• This link gives students a chance to view National Geographic articles
  about animals. Good chance to practice non-fiction reading skills.
  Might require some guidance to help students wade through the large
  number of articles available.
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/animals.html
  
  
• Here's a site that helps students understand how animals are classified. http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html

• For Animals I tend to use Country sites but sometimes use this one
  http://www.sandiegozoo.com/

• www.enchantedlearning.com

• Here's a site I built with a class...may be useful for the animals request.
  http://www.christina.k12.de.us/techlearn/jones-rainforest.htm

• Animal sounds (which can be saved as wave files and used in ppt)