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Title:
| Animals: Kookaburras |
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Description:
| Learn about a popular Australian bird - the kookaburra. Find out about its habitat, history, nesting habits, and listen to its "laughing" song. Includes audio files, kids' song lyrics, photographs, and coloring pages. There is also an eThemes resource on Australia. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Resource Links:
| Kookaburra
Learn about the kookaburra's habitat, behavior, and diet. Click on the photograph to enlarge it and click on the audio player to listen to two kookaburras calling. NOTE: The audio needs Quicktime or another player to run.
Animal Planet: Kookaburra
Learn about the kookaburra and the tawny frogmouth. Read "Animal Facts" and watch the video "Kookaburras in Action." NOTE: The site includes ads and pop-up ads.
Kookaburra Facts
Read about the bird and view its photograph.
Laughing Kookaburra
Learn about size, habitat, and diet of the kookaburra. Includes photographs.
The Kookaburra Song
Here is a song about the kookaburra. Scroll down the page and select the "Listen to the Kookaburra" to listen to the sound of the bird. Click on the highlighted "Colouring Section" link to find and color the kookaburra.
Enchanted Learning: Kookaburra Printout
Read about the kookaburra and use a drawing to color the bird. NOTE: This site includes Google ads.
Kookaburra Pictures
This page has many photographs of kookaburra. Select images to enlarge them.
Kookaburra Photograph
Here is a large photograph of a kookaburra.
Kookaburra Image
Here is another kookaburra photograph.
Kookaburra Illustration
Here is a colorful drawing of several kookaburra by John Gould.
Kookaburra Drawing
Here is a black and white drawing of the bird.
FactMonster: Kookaburra
Students can read this encyclopedia entry on the kookaburra. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Kookaburra Fact Sheet
New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service publish this page about the laughing kookaburra. Click on the highlighted link to hear what a kookaburra sounds like.
Britannica Concise: Kookaburra
This short encyclopedia entry has information and a photograph. NOTE: The site includes ads.
eThemes Resource: Continent: Australia
These sites have information about Australia, including its animals, geography, climate, and history. Includes photographs, maps, quizzes, and games, plus a virtual tour of the Sydney Opera House and a live Webcam that you can control.
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Education Standards:
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ME Standards:
E1.a, E1.b, E1.c, E2.a, E2.b, E3.b, E3.c, E1.a, E1.b, E2.a
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.4, 3, 3
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