Animal Diversity Web – The Mommies Reviews

I would like to bring you Homeschool Resources: Science for you to check out. Science isn’t something I know that much about. I try and find Science classes online we can do. One of the places I look for classes is Pinterest. Or I check out Homeschool Buyers Co-Op and Amazon because I can find Science Kits on there. As I was looking for resources, I found Animal Diversity Web.

DW Mission The Animal Diversity Web is an online database and encyclopedia of Animal natural history, built through contributions from students, photographers, and many others. This is a rich and flexible resource designed both as an encyclopedia for exploring biodiversity and for use in formal, inquiry-based education.

Animal Diversity Web- Age Range: 5-18 (Resources for grades K-12 and beyond, with parental supervision)

The University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology sponsors this fantastic searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals that is also a science tool and virtual museum!

When you get to the site, you’ll see a picture of a featured animal such as “Insects.” Click on the black arrows on either side of the photo to look at the species represented including:

Amphibians
Birds
Fish
Insects
Mammals
Mollusks
Reptiles

Click on any item on the menu, and a new page opens with an introduction and a list on the right side of the page that allows you to explore:

Pictures – See terrific photos of the creatures in this category. Click on any small image to see an enlarged version.

Specimens – See photos of specimen collections by zoologists.

Classification – Explore the scientific names of animals including kingdom, phylum, and class. In some instances, you can listen to the sound a creature makes, and see a map of its habitat.

There’s more! Use the menu located on the left side of each page to explore:

Teaching Resources – This section offers unique resources for K-12 and college educators including a MUST SEE parallel site called “BioKIDS” that contains curriculum for 5th and 6th graders. There are additional links to resources, especially for kids and teachers. You’ll also find a sample high school worksheet for learning about mammals, and some critical thinking exercises so your students “won’t believe everything they read on the Web.”

Special Collections – This section includes:

- Mammal Anatomy – provides detailed information about every aspect of animal anatomy.

- Spinning Skulls – view QuickTime movies and close-up images of mammal skulls.

- Frog Calls – listen to an array of frog calls used to attract mates and express distress.

I would like to ask you a question what do you use to teach your children Science. Do you use workbooks or do you use Experiments? If you use experiments how old is your child? Where do you find the experiments you use from? What do your children like or dislike about the experiments?

If you would like to use workbooks to teach Science? I suggest you check out this workbook called Evan-Moor Daily Science, Grade 2. I’ve purchased this brand of workbooks for Daily Math, and Spelling. The workbooks have made teaching Charlie so much more easy.

Having this workbook will allow us to work on Science when were out and running errands, I can take the workbooks with us. For supplies we would only need a pencil. I hope you enjoyed learning about these Science resources and that they helped you in your classroom.

I would like to remind you this post contains affiliate links, if you click on the links and make a purchase, I will make a small percentage of the products you purchase.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates