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Birds, Bats, & Wildlife | ||
| Reviewed by Diane Flynn Keith | ||
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| Resource: | Birds, Bats, & Wildlife | ||
| Provider: | 50Birds.com | ||
| Summary: | Age Range: All (There's something for everyone here with parental supervision.) This commercial website offers an amazing archive of free resources, information, and activities about birds, bats, and endangered or extinct wildlife. There is a great deal of content mixed together with products for sale such as bird and bat feeders, t-shirts, and other items |
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| Description: | When you get to the site you'll see an icon menu that features FREE, printable wildlife coloring pages, printable plans for building a birdhouse, and a drop-down menu featuring a wide variety of birds such as: *Eastern Bluebird *Black-capped Chickadee *Mourning Dove *Peregrine Falcon *Red-tailed Hawk *Starling *Woodpecker *Chimney Swift *Beewick's Wren *And many more! Click on any one and a new page opens with information about the bird, an illustration, its scientific classification, a habitat map, and free printable plans for building a nesting box that suits that particular bird. To see what else is available at this site for free, place your cursor over the items on the horizontal menu (with gray lettering) at the top of the home page that includes: *Birds - You'll find the same information you accessed from the home page along with information on bird migratory law. Plus, you can access "The National Bat Museum" with terrific info on bat species, an online gallery of bat illustrations, and links to free resources such as plans for building bat boxes. *Houses & Feeders - Get free woodworking plans for building bird houses and bat houses, and plans for building bird feeders as well. *Bird Gallery - Learn about birds of the world, endangered species, extinct birds, and print out some bird artwork. *Wildlife Galleries - Print out free calendar pages featuring birds and other wildlife. Learn about endangered and extinct animals, cats, turtles, alligators, and more. You'll even find links to other educational websites for kids. (Parents, as always, should preview the sites and supervise all Internet use.) Enjoy! |
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| Contributed by: | Diane Flynn Keith, ©Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Diane Flynn Keith publishes the rave-reviewed ClickSchooling® daily ezine with 12,000+ subscribers. If you're ready to jump-start your homeschooling, save time and money, and have more fun learning with your children, get your FREE subscription to ClickSchooling® now at http://www.homefires.com/free.asp. | ||
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| Orientation: | General | ||
| Subjects: | Science | ||
| Teaching Methods: | Online Interactive | ||
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| Ages: | 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 | ||
| Grades: | Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | ||
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| Web Site: | http://www.50birds.com/ | ||
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