Resources

Habitats [] [] [] [] [|www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/6-12/**habitats**.ppt] [] [] Find your habitat from these resources from San Diego Zoo [|Desert]**,** [|Island], [|Ocean & Coastline,][|Prairie & Steppe], [|River, Lake, & Wetland,][|Savanna], [|Scrubland], [|Temperate Forest & Taiga], [|Tropical Rain Forest], [|Tundra]

Animals An outstanding collection of images and fact files on the threatened species [] Here is a good link for searching animals by type and habitat [] A great site for fast facts on animals and their habitats [] So just what is a Tundra [] and [] Habitat facts [] What exactly does endangered mean? [] Locate fast facts and images of animals at San Diego zoo, organised by animal categories [|Reptiles], [|Amphibians], [|Mammals], [|Insects and Spiders] and [|Birds].

Zoos

The [|Singapore Zoo] is great for keeping animals in habitats that closely resemble the wild. Also, the [|Singapore Night Safari] is similar, but focuses on nocturnal animals. Both sites have some useful information on the animals and their habitats.

Melbourne Zoo is delighted to announce the birth of two Snow Leopard cubs as part of a national breeding program [] Taronga Zoo helps students discover conservation on Shelly Beach [] Pygmy Hippo Baby Captures Keepers’ Hearts [] The threat to Tasmanian devils and the conservation program in Healesville Sanctuary [] The Taronga Zoo wildlife hospital for rehabilitation of injured animals [] Environmental Enrichment at Singapore Zoo [] Adopt an Animal at the London Zoo [] Education programs and San Francisco Zoo []
 * Conservation resources**

Presentation Tools and Ideas

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 * What you will see when you visit the Zoo
 * What animals you will see
 * What you can do at the Zoo - Feed the Gorillas etc
 * Animal Profiles
 * A mud map to show how to get around
 * Shows, Exhibits and special displays
 * What's in the menu at our Zoo
 * A day in the life of a Zoo keeper

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Glossary / Key Terms   · Savannah  - a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa/grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions. Source http://dictionary.reference.com
 * Key Terms **
 * Habitats - the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: // a tropical habitat.  //
 * // Endangered - //threatened with extinction: //The bald eagle may be endangered. //
 * Polar - of or pertaining to the North or South Pole
 * Arctic areas - the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
 * Mountains - A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.
 * Taiga - the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
 * Desert - A barren or desolate area, especially: A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation. A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life. An apparently lifeless area of water.
 * Grasslands - An area, such as a prairie or meadow, of grass or grasslike vegetation.
 * Prairies - An extensive area of flat or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America.
 * Woodland - land covered with woods or trees.
 * Forest  - a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
 * Tundra - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial;">
 * Deciduous - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs/falling off or shed at a particular season, stage of growth, etc., as leaves, horns, or teeth.
 * Oceans - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
 * Coral reef - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a reef composed mainly of coral and other organic matter of which parts have solidified into limestone.
 * Tidal pool - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded.
 * Tropical rainforest - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
 * Wetland - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">land that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.
 * Marsh - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
 * Cave - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
 * Pond - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial;">
 * River - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
 * Lake - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
 * Nocturnal - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">active at night (opposed to [|diurnal] ): //<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times New Roman;"> nocturnal animals.  //
 * Migrate - <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals: //<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times New Roman;"> The birds migrate southward in the winter.  //