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Title:
| Animals: Ostriches |
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Description:
| These sites are about ostriches, the largest living bird. Learn about their physical characteristics and behavior. Find out how large an ostrich egg is and whether they really do bury their heads in the ground. Includes photographs and videos. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Resource Links:
| Struthio Camelus
This page has information about the behavior of ostriches. Thie author dispels the myth that ostriches bury their heads in the ground. Includes pictures.
Science Q & A: The Largest Egg
Find out what living animal lays the largest egg and how large it is.
Fact Monster: Ostriches
Read a short encyclopedia entry about ostriches.
Enchanted Leanring: Ostriches
This page has a brief overview about ostriches. Includes a labeled illustration.
Ostrich
Learn about domestic ostrich production, including breeding paddock, incubation, brooding and rearing, feeding, and restraint.
Animal Bytes: Ostriches
This page has fun facts and information about ecology and conservation of ostriches.
Ostriches from Encarta
This encyclopedia entry discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, and the economic value of ostriches. The multimedia items include a video of an ostrich running. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Ostriches
This site has quick facts about ostriches and discusses its food, predators, and offspring. Includes a short video of an ostrich walking and eating. To start the video, click on the "Walking and Eating" link at the top. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Grassland Animals: Ostriches
Read a brief paragraph about ostriches.
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 1, 4, 6, 3, 4, 8
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