MAMMALS
Australia's Thylacine: Probably Extinct--To Clone or Not
to Clone? ('H')
More than just a look at an interesting species of marsupial that
may, or may not be, extinct; this site explores the ethical issues
of cloning as a means of raising the dead. From the Australian
Museum.
www.austmus.gov.au/thylacine/
Bat Conservation International ('M' 'H')
Almost a quarter of all mammal species (including the smallest
mammal of all) are bats. Visit the "Discover" section in the top
frame in order to learn interesting bat facts and click on 'our
colony' to hear bat calls. Also contains good portraits of various
species.
www.batcon.org/main.html
Bears: Shadow the Bear ('E' 'M' 'H')
Visit a group of Kodiak brown bears (great photos) and follow their
daily lives. Delightful.
www.shadowofthebear.com
The Elephants of Africa ('M' 'H')
Contains information on the life histories of elephants, plus
conservation efforts. Ties into the acclaimed PBS series Nature.
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/elephants/life.html
Field Trip Earth ('M' 'H')
An outstanding resource that monitors wildlife conservation efforts
throughout the world and is set up so students and teachers can join
in the field trip. Trips are either ongoing or archived. You will
need to see what trips currently exist as they can change. Expect to
see elephants, brown and black bears, red wolves, and horses, among
others. The Educator Resources contain strategies for learning with
good descriptive information for use in the field trip.
Current trips: www.fieldtripearth.org/trips.xml
Educator Resources:
www.fieldtripearth.org/educator.xml
The Shrew (ist's) Site ('E' 'M' 'H')
Provides a thorough overview and plenty of photos of these tiny but
fierce creatures (although shrews resemble rodents, they are in fact
insectivores, and some can inflict a poisonous bite!).
members.vienna.at/shrew/
Whales: A Thematic Web Unit ('E' 'M')
From UVA, this site is described as providing a "unit for
cooperative learning across an integrated curriculum...an
interactive resource for teachers, students and parents." Includes
lesson plans and activities for K-8th grades, Whale Projects and
good links to Internet Resources. Can use this site to display your
students' class activities on whales. Encourages you to build this
site further. Worth checking out.
curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/Whales/Contents.HTML
WhaleNet ('E' 'M' 'H')
From Simmons and Wheelock Colleges, WhaleNet is an
"interdisciplinary, hands-on, collaborative telecomputing project to
foster excitement and learning about the natural world in schools
across the nation and around the globe." Participate in data
collection and analysis activities connected with the whale tagging
program underway. Site is provided in multiple languages.
whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
Teacher resources: whale.wheelock.edu/Teachers.html
Version en Espaņol:
whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome_esp.html
Whale Sounds ('E' 'M' 'H')
Haunting whale sounds, several kinds. Audio only.
sunsite.sut.ac.jp/multimed/sounds/whales/
Be sure to check Biology Resources
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