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Bird Science Activities for Kids

Birds are amazing animals, their eyes take up approximately half of their heads, their skeleton takes up only approximately ten percent of their body weight and they can fly very long distances in all types of weather. These are just a few of the many amazing things about birds. Birds have remarkable inherent attributes and ...

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Endangered Species Facts: The Andean Condor

The first time I saw an Andean condor, the word “thunderbird’ kept echoing in my mind. It looked like a majestic creature from another world, a god among animals– but here it was, wings clipped, spirit broken, cramped into a tiny cage at a roadside menagerie. The Andean condor is one of the most amazing ...

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Preschool & Kindergarten Letter of the Day Activities for the Letter A

These age appropriate letter of the day activities are great for preschool, kindergarten, and homeschool. Art Activities for the Letter “A” With a black inkpad and black marker, you can help your students make adorable ant fingerprint pictures. Help each child press his fingertips into the black inkpad and make prints in groups of two ...

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Endangered Species: The Red Panda

The red panda, also known as the lesser panda, doesn’t look anything like a panda. It looks quite a bit like a raccoon however. At the moment the red panda is classified as being in the same family as the raccoon but some believe that the red panda belongs in the same family as the ...

Endangered Animals of the Rain Forest

The gorilla, the toucan, the jaguar. All animals you have probably heard about before, and all animals who live in the rainforest. But what else do they have in common? To put it bluntly, they’re lingering between life and death. You might have heard the usual fact about how half of Mother Earth’s animals are ...

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Top Ten Great Animal Video Clips on YouTube

Having a bad day, or even a bad week? Add a few bright moments to your day by watching any one of these entertaining and amazing animal videos. Almost all the videos are short – I don’t really have the time or patience to watch videos for more than a minute or two. Almost all ...

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Preschool Lesson Plan: Rainforest

Book for Preschool Lesson Plan: Rainforest Amazing Animals: Rainforest Romp by Tony Mitton Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Rainforest Fill your preschool reading center with books about the animals, birds and plants that live in the rainforest. Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Rainforest Rainforest trail mix: Mix ingredients such as shredded coconut, small nuts, ...