OWLS

RESEARCH LINKS:

SPOTTED OWLS
Audubon Society of Portland
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/edbirds/ns-owl

VIDEO:
Owl Mousing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b4S1aUaK2I&feature=related

Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/videos/Spotted-Owls-Endangered-by-the-Encroaching-Barred-Owl.html

Image credit: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Spotted_Owl

FOR MORE INFO:

Defenders of Wildlife
http://www.defenders.org/northern-spotted-owl/basic-facts

Fish & Wildlife Services
http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/birds/NSO/ns_owl.html

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Spottedowlprintout.shtml

OTHER OWL LINKS:

Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Owls, Owls, Owls

http://mail.bedford.k12.ma.us/~jane_delgobbo/owls

THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

RESEARCH: 

COUNTING SHELLS: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/counting-shells/26106

        Read this article.

        Discuss

VIDEO: by Corey Levy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyzr3zJol4

NATIONAL AQUARIUM ARTICLE

http://www.aqua.org/explore/animals/chambered-nautilus

   

ENDANGERED ANIMALS

For Mrs. Lee's Class: Here are some websites to help you start your research on endangered animals.

Asian Elephant

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Asia

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/asian-elephant.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_elephants

Leatherback  Turtles

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/reptiles/leatherback-sea-turtle.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_turtles

Orangutan

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/orangutan/

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Asia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatran_orangutan

Snubfin Dolphin (Irrawaddy)

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/irrawaddy_dolphin/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snubfin_dolphin - 
        This genus contains 2 species, one of which is the Irrawaddy.  Click on the Irrawaddy link for lots of info. 

Dolphins (general info)

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Australia 

Tigers

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

 http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Asia

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/tiger.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger