Miss Peterson's 2nd Grade Life Science Links Page

Life Science Links

Index

Life Science Sites
Enchanted Learning Sites
Bear Sites
Butterfly Sites
Wolf Sites
Insect Sites
Bee Sites

Life Science Sites

Worm Watch
Worm Watch uses earthworms to help us discover soil and appreciate the importance of soil ecology in sustaining agriculture, the natural environment, and ourselves. There are also lots of fun hands-on learning activities for students and teachers." The site includes a virtual tour through the inner workings of an earthworm. You’ll need the free Flash Player.

The Spider Myths Site
Spiders have gotten a bad rap. This spider expert from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture restores the spider's reputation by debunking such myths as "Spiders in the home are a danger to children and pets." and "The daddy longlegs has the world's most powerful venom, but its fangs are so small that it can't bite you."

The Great Plant Escape
"Help Detective Leplant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life." A teacher’s guide is also available. Another great site from the University of Illinois Extension.

World Wildlife Fund Games
Learning about biodiversity and conservation is fun with the many excellent games featured here!

All About Birds
This site is a must visit for bird lovers! It boasts a video gallery, a guide to birdwatching, and a dynamic online bird guide complete with sound files of bird songs for your listening pleasure. You'll need the free RealPlayer to access the video and audio features at this site by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Brains Rule
"The place to learn about your brain in cyberspace." You can play interactive games, ask questions for brain experts to answer, and meet a neuroscientist. Lesson plans are also available. You will need the free Flash Player for some features. From Creighton University.

Plants In-Motion
Plants move too! Intriguing time-lapse QuickTime Player movies that show that animals aren't the only living things capable of movement.

Switcheroo Zoo
"Create crazy animals that could never exist at this surrealistic virtual zoo!"

Alien Empire
Learn about insects through cool, interactive Flash presentations, video clips, and games at this very fun and educational site.

International Wolf Center
Learn all about wolves from this cool site. You can track wolves by teleometry or listen to actual wolf howls. It'll drive your dog nuts.

The Virtual Cell
This ambitious site presents an interactive, animated exploration of the cell, along with a good virtual textbook.

Insecta Inspecta World
At this cool site you can learn the science of insects and examine insects in art, history, and much more. The was built by junior high school students under the review of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

Journey North
A free online educational service, by the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Journey North "engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change" each spring. Students share field observations with classrooms across the North America and scientists "provide expertise directly to the classroom." It also presents challenging questions and online lesson plans for teachers.

Life Science Safari

How Wolves Communicate

North American Bear Center

Dinosaur Database

Electronic Zoo

The Electronic Naturalist

Ology - Marine Biology, The Living Oceans
An American Museum of Natural Science Site

Ology - Biodiversity, Everything Counts!

Ology - Archaeology, Clues From the Past

Sci4Kids - Plants
Students of any age can click on areas of science to find out what particular specialists in the that field are doing.

Sci4Kids - Animals

Sci4Kids - Aquaculture

Sci4Kids - Nutrition

Sci4Kids - Environment

Sci4Kids - The Farm

Sci4Kids - Insects

Sci4Kids - Microscope

Bear Sites

GRIZZLY BEAR RECOVERY
This web site is intended to provide information on the current status of the American Grizzly Bear. Today, the grizzly bear population in the lower forty-eight states numbers about 1,000 - reduced from an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 before the West was settled. The Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan identifies six ecosystems as grizzly bear recovery ones and one ecosystem as an evaluation area.

THE AMERICAN BEAR ASSOCIATION
This is a great site to learn about conservation efforts regarding bears and their habitat. Find out how you can adopt a bear... or read and learn about the bears that have been helped.

Showdown at Grizzly River
Nature has a great site about Bears...Visit a river that is surrounded by bears and follow the life of a cub and the dangers and challenges they have to face! Check out the fishing tactics of the bear!

The Bear Cave
This Think Quest site was designed by three students to help other kids learn about bears. Take their quiz about bears - and see how much you have learned!

Polar Bears International
The web's biggest polar bear site! Explore the latest information and research, browse photos of polar bears, and get all the bear facts.

The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

Yellowstone Bear World

Bears of the McNeil River
Amazing bear photos

Bears.org
Dedicated to the preservation of accurate bear beliefs

The Bear Den

Panda Bear Web Cams
Check out what the pandas at the San Diego Zoo are doing! You can watch the pandas 24 hrs a day on a web cam.

Panda Bear Web Cam II
Check out what the pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo are doing! You can watch the pandas 24 hrs a day on a web cam.

Insect Sites

Insecta Inspecta World
At this cool site you can learn the science of insects and examine insects in art, history, and much more. The was built by junior high school students under the review of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

Alien Empire
Learn about insects through cool, interactive Flash presentations, video clips, and games at this very fun and educational site.

Wonderful World of Insects
Search for bugs, learn about basic insect anatomy, find out about the various insect orders, or obtain a care sheet on commonly kept species.