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Title:
| Animals: Foxes |
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Description:
| These sites have information about several different types of foxes. Learn about their physical characteristics and habitats. View photographs, short videos, and take an online quiz. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Resource Links:
| Swift Fox Fact Sheet
Defenders of Wildlife provides information about endangered species worldwide. This page features brief facts about the swift fox and its natural history.
Fox Printout
This drawing of a fox can be printed out for coloring. NOTE: This site includes Google banner ads.
Fennec Fox Printout
This illustration of a Fennec fox can be printed out for coloring. NOTE: This site includes Google banner ads.
Arctic fox
Read a brief introduction about the Arctic fox.
Red Fox
Read a brief introduction about the red fox.
Swift Fox: Vulpes Velox
This site is about the Swift fox. Click on "I am a Swift Fox" to read a student's essay.
Factmonster: Fox
Read this encyclopedia entry about foxes. NOTE: This site includes ads.
Canine vs. Feline Tracks
Scroll down to see what the tracks of a gray fox look like.
Red Foxes
Learn more about the red fox through this student created site.
Arctic Foxes
Learn more about characteristics of the arctic fox and see pictures. NOTE: This site includes banner ads.
Fennec Foxes
Learn more about characteristics of the fennec fox and see pictures. NOTE: This site includes banner ads.
Seasons of the Snow Fox
This National Geographic feature includes information, still photos, audio, and video clips about the arctic fox.
Kit Fox
Learn basic information about the kit fox on the Ranger Rick website.
Common Gray Fox
Learn basic information about the common gray fox on the Ranger Rick website.
Fox Forest
This site contains detailed information about the red fox. Under the "Up Close" tab, listen to audio clips of foxes and see dimensions of their paw print under "The Fox Trot" tab. NOTE: Some of the fox photographs are gruesome under the 'Conflicts' section. There is also a message board on this site.
The Fox Website
This is another site devoted extensively to red foxes. The reading level may be above some students, but the information is comprehensive and can be modified to fit lessons as needed.
Fox Facts
Learn more about different types of foxes. Watch a video clip about red foxes in Australia. NOTE: This site includes banner ads.
Fox Photographs
This site contains 76 images of foxes in different outdoor locations.
General Fox Information
Learn more about fox characteristics, locations, habitats, diets, life cycles, and behaviors at this site.
Fox Coloring Sheet
Learn basic facts and use this sheet to color and identify parts of a fox. NOTE: This site contains Google ads.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4
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