Animals: Spiders
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| Animals: Spiders |
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Description:
| These sites are about spiders and their habitats, identification, bites, and more. There are some colorful illustrations, photos, videos, and interactive games. There is also a link to an eThemes resource about insects. |
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Grade Level:
| 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Resource Links:
| ThinkQuest: The Web Page
This site has short descriptions of different kinds of spiders, photographs of spiders, spider trivia, and more. There is even a recipe for a spider sandwich.
Guide to Missouri Spiders
See pictures and read about common spiders found in Missouri.
National Geographic: Tarantulas
This interactive site features tarantula species, anatomy, and their life cycle.
PBS: Ask the Scientists
This site has a transcript from an interview with an expert on tarantulas.
Spider Habitat Word Search
Find the names of twenty-five places where spiders can live. This page can be printed.
Golden Garden Spider
See a picture of a Golden Garden Spider and read a description. Information about this spider's range, life cyle, and habitat is included.
Spider Paradise Island
Student can use this interactive site to design an island paradise--for spiders! Choose which characteristics your island should have, then see a picture of the island you've describied and find out if it really is a Spider's Paradise.
Spiders
This site has easy to read facts about spiders and several pictures.
Spiders of North America
Click on the name of each spider family to see pictures and more information.
Enchanted Learning: Spider Printouts
Here are links to printouts of spiders. There are label-me worksheets, and pictures that you can print out and color.
BrainPOP!: Spiders
Watch a movie with Tim and Moby about spiders then take a pop quiz. Follow links-icons at the left for an experiment, timeline, and comics. NOTE: The web site is available by subscription only.
The Spider Myths Site
This site lists dozens of false statements about spiders. Click on each one to learn why it is wrong.
Spider Myths
This site has photos and facts about spiders and discusses several spider myths, especially about brown recluses. NOTE: The reading level is too advanced for younger students, but there is good background information for teachers.
Fact Monster: Spiders
This encyclopedia entry has lots of factual information about spiders.
Quia: Insects and Spiders
Here are four different activities to test your knowledge of arthropods.
Housing Spiders in the Classroom
This site has instructions for keeping live wolf spiders in a classroom situation.
Secrets of Spider Silk
Read an article about the special properties of spider silk, and how spiders use their silk to catch food. NOTE: This site contains ads.
eThemes Resource: Animals: Insects
Explore these websites about insects and their relatives. Included are picture galleries of different types of insects, insect themed activities and games, and insect recipes. There are also online videos, audio clips, and quizzes. Included are eThemes resources on ants, bees, ladybugs, and Missouri butterflies.
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Education Standards:
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ME Standards:
A.2, B.1, C.1, C.2, A.1, A.3
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 5, 3, 4
NV Standards:
L.2.A.1, L.2.A.2, L.2.C.3, L.2.D.1, L.5.A.1, L.5.B.1, L.5.C.1, L.5.C.2, L.5.C.3, L.5.C.5
UT Standards:
II.2.e, V.4.e, V.1.b, IV.2.b, IV.2.c
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