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Animals – Teacher Resources

Incorporate students' natural curiosity about animals in your class with lessons and printables on sea life, endangered species, wildlife, and more. Educate them about animal behavior, biology, life cycles, and habitats with literature, games, and references. Science activities and graphic organizers will help students classify vertebrates and invertebrates. There are plenty of resources for math, writing, social studies, and art to extend your curriculum offerings for all grade levels.
Slideshows
Animal-Themed Graphic Organizers
Plant & Animal Visuals Slideshow
Presidential Pets
Animal & Insect Transparencies Slideshow
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades K-1)
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 1-3)
Life Science Across the Curriculum Printables Slideshow
Printables for Grades K-2
Turkey Coloring Page
Turkey Facts
Turkey Bulletin Board Pattern
What Is Adaptation?
Lion Mask
Mouse Mask
Cat Mask
More Popular Animal Printables
Printables for Grades 3-5
Food Web
Dominant and Recessive Genes
Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
Animals That Migrate
How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
Frog Life Cycle Booklet
Snake Facts Game Board
More Popular Animal Printables
Printables for Grades 6-8
The Parts of a Plant Cell and an Animal Cell
Animal Cell/Plant Cell (Blank) Printable
Activity: Investigating Life Cycles
How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
How Do Plant and Animal Cells Differ?
Orangutan Reading Passage
Can You Make a Feather? -- Activity 4.4
More Popular Animal Printables
Printables for Grades 9-12
Food Web (Blank) Printable
What Are Food Chains and Food Webs?
Bacteria, Plants & Animals Printable Book (6-10)
What Are Energy Pyramids?
Dominant or Recessive?
Activity: Animals in a Food Web
What Are Producers and Consumers?
More Popular Animal Printables
Graphic Organizers
Dogs and Cats as Pets: Venn Diagram
Classifying Things
What Animals Need
Animals in Winter
KWL Chart - Living and Non-Living
Non-Living Things in Our Classroom
Living and Non-Living Things
More Animal Graphic Organizers
Quizzes
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Quiz
Kinds of Animals Quiz
Animal Classification Quiz
Animal Habits Quiz
Animal Facts Quiz
Young Animals Quiz
Animal Scientists Quiz
More Animal Quizzes
Lesson Plans for Grades K-6
Life Cycle of Butterflies
"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
What Am I? Icebreaker
Snake and Sight-Words Board Game
How Big Is a Blue Whale?
Animals of the Rainforest
More Popular Animal Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans for Grades 7-12
Discover a Pond Food Web
Estimating Turtle Size and Age
Declining Whales: Multiplying a Whole Number by a Percent
Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable
Origins of Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month
Reptile and Amphibian Defense Strategies
More Animal Lesson Plans
Animals & Technology Connected
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Student Planning Pages
Amazing Animals
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Teacher Planning Page
75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Voice Heard Again
Animal Speeds
Amazing Animals Worksheet
More Technology Activities on Animals
Music, Drama, & Animals Connected
Playing Prehistorics
The Barnum & Bailey Circus
Silly Sea Songs
The Barnyard Song
More Music and Drama Activities on Animals
Animal Activities for Art Class
Backyardigans Character Mask: Pablo
Calico's Curious Kittens Coloring Activity 3
Calico's Curious Kittens Coloring Activity 2
Lion Mask Cut-Out
Ralph Masiello's Ocean Drawing Book Coloring Page
"Dear Zoo" Flap Book
Backyardigans Character Mask: Tasha
More Popular Animal Art Activities
Animals in Literature
Animal Farm
Jan Brett's Winter Books
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Charlotte's Web
Grasshopper and Owl - Drawing Conclusions Worksheet
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Stellaluna
More Popular Literature Resources on Animals
Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
Make Way for Ducklings
Animals Worksheets
"Grasshopper and Owl": Aesop's Fable
Charlotte's Web Persuasive Letter
The Napping House
More Popular Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts
Games & Puzzles
An Animal Word Search
A Bird Wordsearch
Where Are the Animals?
Circus Maze
A Fishy Word Search
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express Activity Kit
Find Homes for Sammy's Friends
Farmer Edward's Chicken Pens
Animal Life Puzzles
In the Pond
Social Studies & Animals Connected
The Summer of the Swans
Island of the Blue Dolphins Activities
An Ocean Adventure Sub Kit - Grades 3-4
Presidential Pardon of the Turkey
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Word Puzzle
The World of Rosemary Wells
Shadow of a Bull
More Popular Animal Resources for Social Studies
Wildlife Week Resources
Habitat and Animals Theme
Animal Adaptations Project -- Worksheet 1
Food Webs of Reptiles and Amphibians
A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit -- Grades 1-2
Animal Group Terms
Butterfly Facts and Questions
Some Unusual Facts About Snakes
More Wildlife Teacher Resources
Earth Day Activities
There's an Owl in the Shower
Animal and Insect Pictures
What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
How Many Shrimp?
Identifying Biomes
Classifying Cerealites
Animal Apartments -- Student Worksheet
More Earth Day Teacher Resources
Animal Biology Resources
Bird or Mammal?
Animal Adaptation Project -- Student Overview
A Butterfly's Life Cycle
Reptile and Amphibian Life Span and Life History
How Do Animals Move? -- Activity 4.9
The Anatomy of a Sponge
What Are Birds?
More Animal Biology Resources
Mathematics & Animals Connected
Insects and Place Value Worksheet
Which Dinosaur Is Taller?
Endangered Species' Life Spans
Whale Population Recording Sheet
Practicing Place Value With Insect Facts
Shapes and Addition
Endangered Species' Life Spans Worksheet
More Popular Animal Activities for Math Class
Animal Resources for History Class
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
Reading Warm-Up 36 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
Animal Skin Clothing
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Quiz
Animals in Uniform
How the Chinese Use Insects
The Buffalo Hunters
More Animal Resources for History Class
Health & Safety Resources on Animals
Disease-Carrying Animals
Join the Firefighters!
Food From Plants and Animals
The Ants Have It!
Wild Critters Vocabulary
More Health & Safety Resources on Animals
Endangered Species
Endangered Animals
Endangered Species Wordsearch
Wetlands Life
Wetlands Life Worksheet
Endangered Animal Species
Endangered Animals
Turtle Simulation
More Resources on Endangered Species
Insects
List of Rain Forest Animals
Grasshopper and Owl - Vocabulary Worksheet
Camouflage
Body Parts of an Ant
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
Insects Bulletin Board
Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
More Insects – Teacher Resources
Aquatic Animals
Life in the Sea
Sea Animal Patterns
Letters to Parents
Whale Little Book
Sea Creatures: Would You Rather...
Big, Bigger, Biggest
The Body Forms of Cnidarians
More Popular Aquatic Animal Resources
Zoo Animals
Animals at the Zoo Activity Sheet
Zoo Animals
Jumbo the Elephant
Where Will You Find Them?
Science, Technology, and Society: Zoos that Are News
Science and Technology: Fake Trees and Giraffes
Draw a Path to My Door
More Resources on Zoo Animals
References
How the Turkey Got Its Name
Animal Vocabulary: Families and Behavior
Animal Defenses
Animal Names: Male, Female, Young
Royal Pets
Cloning Milestones
Animal Cloning: Facts and Fallacies
More Animal References
Additional Animal Resources
Animal Adaptations Resources
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