All of the animal lapbooks from homeschoolshare.com have information included. That is most of them.
Use this Online Graphic Organizer to organize what you learn about any animal.
Facts on Specific Breeds of Animals along with their classification, plus animal sounds, habitats, zoological research
Arkive photos, videos, info
Lil’ Fingers Storybooks — YouTube Zoo — stories, games, coloring pages, and videos of animals — promises that all videos have been screened for appropriateness (no killing or mating, etc.) and you don’t have to worry about others’ comments
Zoo Keeper Training L/M fill out the job application and start learning about animals
More Animal Facts Smithsonian
More Animal Facts The World Almanac for kids
Zoology Academic Website U (maybe I should say high school)
National Geographic — National Geographic for Kids
Biology4Kids Website
Mini-books for Lapbook to use with ANY animal
Jane Goodall M Animated video, plus activities
Symbiosis — graphic organizer, this could be turned into a lapbook piece
The Case of the Zany Animal Antics 1 hr SCI Files episode, learn about animal life cycles, habitats, migratory patterns and more (comes with teacher guide)
(See Wild Animals I Have Known on the Ambleside page, year 5)
(See Of the motion of the heart and blood in animals on the “Robinson” page, level 10)
- Animal Classification
One page Reading and reading comprehension M
Animal Classification L Video and activities
Animal Classification Online Game L/M (sheppard software)
Classification reference chart Ellen McHenry
Classification U worksheets, activities and more
What is it? Online games L/M Is it a mammal, reptile, bird…African Grasslands, Backyard Animals, American Forest, African River, Ocean Animals
Form and Function M/U learn how scientists look at structure and behavior to compare animals
Create an Invertebrate M lesson plan from Sea World/Busch Gardens
The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals: and an introduction to comparative anatomy For Senior Students who seriously want to know every last detail There are four volumes of this book, all listed below.
- Endangered Species
Endangered Species L/M Online Game (gives info while you play–sheppard software)
- Diet (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)
Herbivore, Omnivore, Carnivore L/M Online game (click on the link in the corner if you want to read about these) (sheppard software)
Matching Memory Game Carnivores — Herbivores — Omnivores (sheppard software)
- Food Chain
Learn about the food chain simple, bigger chains L/M (sheppard software)
Food Chain Learning and Games (PBS)
Food Chain L/M Online Game (sheppard software)
Food Chain M/U Graphic organizer (food chain is also mentioned in The Magic School Bus Hops Home video which is listed under habitat below)
The Food Web of the Artic Ocean M see how the animals depend on each other
Habitat
Magic School Bus Hops Home episode 22 min.
The Case of the Inhabitable Habitat M 1 hr. SCI Files episode about habitats (comes with teacher guide)
Habitat Sweet Habitat L Lesson plan from Sea World/Busch Gardens
Every Living Thing Has a Home L online activity
Animals of Africa L B/W label the animals
Animals of Australia L B/W label the animals
Coral Reefs Lapbook (also on Earth Science page under ocean)
Coral Reef Life L online lesson from Science Up Close
Learn about Grasslands Animals
Polar Animals Lapbook (2 min. video of polar bear cubs in the artic)
See Arctic Ocean food web (under Food Chain)
Pond Ecosystems L/M online lesson from Science Up Close
Learn about Rain Forest Animals
Rain Forest Animals Who Am I? online activity
Rain Forest Animals Lapbook and more (site comes with info)
Swamp Take a virtual tour of the Corkscrew Swamp
Learn about Temperate Deciduous Animals
Underwater habitats–see three distinct habitats M/U
Design an Ecosystem U lesson plan
Amphibians
What’s an Amphibian? L/M (sheppard software)
Frog Lapbook L/M
Life Cycle of a Frog L online lesson Science Up Close
Toad Lapbook L/M (toad info on site)
Birds
(See The Burgess Big Bird Book for Children on the “Ambleside” page, year 1, nature study)
50 Bird Notebooking Pages Notebooking Nook
What is a bird? L/M (sheppard software)
Audubon Society for kids games, video, live cam
Bird Identification Sheet to record observations of birds to help you identify them
Feeder Birds Coloring Book L Each page also has questions to inspire careful observation–great for learning
The First Book of Birds Williamson ebook (read online or download)
Birds of the Air Squidoo page about birds, info and links to specific information
Bill Nye the Science Guy — Birds Episode about 22 min. in 3 parts
Learn all about Birds — Interactive Website
Experiment — What types of seeds do birds prefer?
Backyard Birds Lapbook – counting checklist – flashcards
Bald Eagle Lapbook M
(Bats are down under land mammals)
Chicken Egg Development Wheel L
Chickens Magic School Bus Cracks a Yolk Magic School Bus episode 22 min. This discusses fertilization and the development of the egg.
Ostrich Lapbook
Owl Pellets + virtual dissection of an owl pellet Learn and do — find the bones the owl regurgitated–sounds gross but fun and educational!
Penguin Lapbook L (lapbook lessons) Penguin Lapbook M
Penguin Exploration M lesson plan from Sea World / Busch Gardens
Robin Lapbook L/M (scroll down)
Sheep and Sheep Herding Board Game
Storks Lapbook
Toucans Sing-a-long and learn about Toucans
Toucan video see the real thing, less than 2 min.
Turkey info for kids, coloring pages, crafts, printable word puzzles
Buggy Things (Insects, Arachnids, Annelids…)
Microscopists virtual pond dip, notebooking pages specific ones for the different types
Information Sheets on all sorts of Bugs Smithsonian 6th-8th
Insect Coloring Book (some cartoony, some realistic)
Ant Lapbook Big, beautiful lapbook
Ant – Label the External Anatomy of an Ant M detailed, comes with info
Ants Magic School Bus Gets Ants in the Pants episode 22 min.
Ant experiment (watch them eat)
Bees Magic School Bus in a Beehive episode 22 min.
Three Books U Bramble Bees and Others, Mason Bees, Hunting Wasp
Tour a Beehive L/M
Butterfly and the Bogbeast Magic School Bus episode 22 min.
Make a paper model butterfly (not for little learners)
Cicada Mania website dedicated to cicada
Cicada molting process — animated
Cicada molting process with pictures and explanation
Cicada’s National Geographic page
Ladybug L online activity, save the flower by helping the ladybug eat the aphids
Build a paper model ladybug (not for little learners)
Build a paper model praying mantis (not for little learners)
Roach The Virtual Roach
Spiders Magic School Bus Spins a Web — 22 min video
See how spiders make their webs L/M online lesson from science up close
Spiders M — reading, worksheet, graphics
Roach World L (probably your older elementary students would enjoy it too) Website (discovery for kids)
Worm World L/M Website (discovery for kids)
Land Mammals
What is a Mammal? L/M (sheppard software)
(See The Burgess Animal Book for Children on the “Books to Read” page)
Bats Magic School Goes Batty episode 22 min.
Bats — Make this flip book to see a bat in action
Black Bear catching salmon video little over a minute
American Black Bear — make this flip book to see him in action
(Dissect a cat on the biology page–under human body.)
Bovine (Cows) Rumination Game M
Cows — Learn about what happens on a dairy farm
Dinosaurs — see reptiles
Elephant Video: giving birth and baby elephant’s first steps (there’s gushing blood but all goes well)
Gazelle — make this flip book to see a gazelle in action
Gibbons – make this flip book to see one in action
Gorilla Training U Lesson plan from Sea World/Busch Gardens
Horse – The Biology of a Horse Interactive website
Kangaroo — Make this flip book to see one in action
(Rabbits–The Burgess animal book on the “Books to Read” page, chapters 1-3)
Tigers Lapbook (Video on Jaguars, Tigers and Mountain Lions 6 min.)
Reptiles
What is a reptile? L/M (sheppard software)
Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet Cold-blooded animals 22 minute episode
Dinosaurs Magic School Bus Episode — Busasaurus — 22 min.
Dinosaur Printables from lapbook lessons
Tour the dinosaur hall at the Smithsonian
Velociraptor true/false worksheet
Dinosaurs Creation Research Institute (read the latest in creation news and find more articles under FAQs)
Water Animals (This way I can get around the fish/mammal thing)
Marine Animals Fact Cards L/M also ideas for games to play with them
What Animals Live in a Tidepool? L online interactive
Make an Aquascope to observe animals in under water
The Ocean and Marine Life U Learning website for high school students interested in Marine Biology (each of those pictures and titles is a link to another page)
Articles on Oceans, Ocean Animals and Oceanography U
Ocean Creature Feature Online matching game learn about 8 ocean animals
Listen to Ocean Animals Talking
Take a Dive and Meet the Animals of the Great Barrier Reef L/M
Barnicles M (Pop up lesson on barnicles)
Clams M/U (Make a 3-D diagram)
Coral Reef Life website
Crab (actually Hermit Crab) Lapbook
Dolphins — make this flip book to see a dolphin in action
- Fish
What is a fish? L/M (sheppard software)
How Fish Get Oxygen L online lesson from Science Up Close
Create a Fish L lesson plan from Sea World/Busch Gardens
Make a Fish online interactive, how animals are adapted to their habitat
3-D Fish Bingo M (Learn which ocean habitat the different fish live in)
Label the Anatomy of a Fish Online Activity
Marine Mammals — experiment — how do they adapt to cold water?
Mollusks Lapbook (I put a snail lapbook up under buggy things.)
Salmon Magic School Bus Goes Upstream episode 22 min.
- Sea Otter
Sea Otter L/M online interactive learning
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Sea Stars song, learn about what they eat
Sea Turtle…see Turtles below
- Shark
MSB Great Shark Escape Lapbook
Sharks Game L/M
See Sharks in a 360 panorama Video (BBC)
Draw a Shark M/U
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Turtles: Sea Turtle Lapbook Fresh Water Turtles Lapbook
Whale Body Parts (some advanced terms but is made for kids)
Whale Tale — read one of the Whale Tales and then add a paragraph of your
own!
