Invertebrates and Vertebrates

 (***1st grade start with Enchanted Learning***)

Bottlenose Dolphin
Baltimore Aquarium http://www.aqua.org/animals_atlanticbottlenosedolphin.html
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/activities/whaletemplates/Bottledolphintemplate.shtml
Sea World http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/cetacea/bottlenose-dolphin.htm

Clams
Assateague Island http://www.assateague.com/nt-bival.html
Chesapeake Bay. Net http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/hard_clam.cfm
Enchanted Learning http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/bivalve/Clamprintout.shtml
New Jersey Shore http://www.highlandsnj.com/news/html/NewsDocs/clam.html
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Mercen_mercen.htm

Clown Fish
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Clownfishprintout.shtml
Exotic Tropicals http://www.exotictropicals.com/encyclo/marine/clowns/clowns.htm
Sea and Sky Clown Triggerfish http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2g.html
University of  Michigan Museum of Zoology http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Amphiprion_percula.html

Crabs (invertebrates) Hermit, Horseshoe
Beach Net   http://www.beach-net.com/horseshoe/Bayhorsecrab.html
Blue Crab   http://www.ocean.udel.edu/kiosk/bcrab.html
Chesapeake Bay Program http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/crabshell.cfm     (has shellfish also) 

Hermit Crab (Enchanted Learning)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Hermitcrab.shtml

KidsConnect

http://www.kidskonnect.com/Crabs/CrabsHome.html

Mystic aquarium

http://www.mysticaquarium.org/index.cgi/635?highlight=horseshoe+crab

Sea and Sky Hermit Crab

http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2e.html

Yahooligans

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/Living_Things/Animals/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Crustaceans/Crabs/

Horseshoe Crabs

Horseshoe crab

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/horseshoecrab/

Horseshoe crabs

http://www.horseshoecrab.org/

Horseshoe crab (ARKive)

http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/invertebrates_marine/Limulus_polyphemus/

Maryland Horseshoe crab

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/horseshoecrab/lifehistory.html

University of Delaware Horseshoe crabs

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/horseshoecrab/

Football Fish
BBC Science and Nature http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/fish/waving_lure_angler_bg.shtml
Oracle Thinkquest http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211885/football_fish.htm
PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/life/e277.html
Pictures of Football Fish http://images.google.com/images?q=football+fish&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

Flying Fish
Barbados Tourist Information http://www.barbados.org/flyfish.htm
Newton http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99305.htm
Ocean Link http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/biodiversity/flyingfish/flyingfish.html

Gulper Eel
Enchanted Learning www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ fish/printouts/Gulpereelprintout.shtml
Extreme Science http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat.htm
Sea Sky http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1j.html

Hatchetfish
Animal World Information http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/hatchet.php
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Hatchetfishprintout.shtml
Sea Sky http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1f.html

Jellyfish (invertebrate)

Enchanted Learning http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/jellyfish/Jellyfishcoloring.shtml
Moon Jellyfish from Yahooligans http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/4678.html
New England Aquarium Jellies
Oregon Coast Aquarium Jellies
South Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources

Manta Ray and Rays
Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Manta_birostris.html
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/rays/Mantaray.shtml
Enchanted Learning (Rays) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/rays/Rayprintout.shtml
Reefquest Centre http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/lh_manta_faq.htm
Smithsonian's Magazine Kid's Castle http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/channels/animals/articles/animalsarticle2.html

Marine Mammals   (seals, sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, dolphins, manatees, whales, polar bears)
 Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm
National Marine Mammal Laboratory http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/marinemammals.htm
Ocean Conservatory http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=fw_wildlife(whales, dolphins, manatees, turtles, otters, sharks, sea lions)
Island Dolphin Care http://www.islanddolphincare.org/nonflash/images/marine%20mammals2.gif

Octopus

Canadian Museum of Nature http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/octopus.htm

Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/octopus/Blueringoctopus.shtml

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Octopus_vulgaris.html

World Almanac for Kids

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals/octopus.html

Sea Anemone

Cal State http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/norma/osanom.htm
Cyhaus http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/anemone.htm
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/seaanemone/Seaanemoneprintout.shtml
Minnesota Zoo http://www.mnzoo.com/animals/discovery_bay/anemone.asp
San Diego Tech Project http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/tidepoolproject/seaanemone.html
Sea and Sky/ Corals and Anemones http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2b.html

Sea Horse

Columbus Zoo http://www.colszoo.org/animalareas/shores/seahrse.html
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Seahorsecoloring.shtml
PBS NOVA online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/basics.html
Sea Horse(lots of links, pix, and video) http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/seahorse/index.html
Sea World http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/osteichthyes/syngnathiformes/seahorses.htm
Yahooligans http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/3567.html

Sea Snake
Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pelamis_platurus.html
Britannica Online elementary http://www.search.eb.com/ebk/article-9353753
Sharkfriends http://www.sharkfriends.com/seasnake.html

Seals

Enchanted Learning

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/pinniped/Sealprintouts.shtml

Marine Mammal Center

National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Seal Conservation Society
Seaworld's Harbor Seal
 http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/index.htmalso has dolphins, sea lions, manatees, porpoises, and whales)

World Almanac for Kids

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals/seal.htm

Sharks

Enchanted Learning 

http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/sharks/     (lots of links)    ****

Enchanted Learning Great White Shark

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/classroom/sharktemplates/Gws.shtml

Enchanted Learning Great White Shark 2

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Greatwhite.shtml

KidsConnect Sharks 
National Geographic Links
Sea and Sky Sharks/Rays Page http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2i.html
Sea World http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/chondrichthyes/selachii/lamniformes/great-white-shark.htm
Sharks.com http://www.sharks.com/types-of-sharks/whale-shark.htm
White Shark from UCMP Berkeley http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/Doug/shark.html
Yahooligans great white shark http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/3525.html

Starfish (Sea Star)
Britannica Elementary http://www.search.eb.com/ebk/article-9353809?query=star%20fish&ct=ebkids

Enchanted Learning

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/echinoderm/Seastarprintout.shtml

Minnesota Zoo http://www.mnzoo.com/animals/discovery_bay/seastar.asp
Missouri Botanical Garden http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/animals/echinod.htm

Natural Perspecive

http://www.perspective.com/nature/animalia/starfish.html

Reference KidsPort http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Echinoderms.htm
Yahooligans Reference http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/seastar

Whales also Gray

American Cetacean Society  http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/graywhl.htm
Enchanted Learning click on WHALES http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/
Kids Planet http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/gray_whale.html

National Marine Mammal Laboratory 

http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/cetaceans/cetacea.htm

UVa. list of Whale links

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/Whales/Contents.HTML

Some whale videos

http://www.nfld.com/nfld/other/whales/whales.html

Wheelock College's WhaleNet

http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html

World Almanac for Kids http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals/whale.html
Yahooligans http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/4013.html

Vertebrates (elementary friendly)

    Animal Diversity Web    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
    CyberZoo Animal List    http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/a_list.html

    Enchanted Learning    http://members.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/vertebrates.shtml

    Kidport Reference Library    http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/AnimalIndexV.htm

Monterey Bay Aquarium Marine Mammals has Inverts too (lots of cool animals and facts)     http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living%5Fspecies/default.asp?hOri=1&group=5

Seaworld http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/index.htm (lots of links to great information)

    The Electronic Zoo    http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm (don't click on invertebrates!)          ****
     World Almanac for Kids    http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals.html

     Yahooligans http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/    (mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles)

    Yahooligans Animals Fish facts    http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/fishes/

****Good place to start, seems to have all information you need to have.

Please let Ms. Berndt know if a link does not work. Thank-you.

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