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General
Supermarket Science - from Science and Plants for Schools, activities include Making an Eco Column, Portable Ponds, Isolations Towers for controlled experiments
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/prac_super.htmStudent Sheets - classroom ativities (not all primary level), from Science and Plants for Schools http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/worksheets/prac_allsheet.htm
PestWorld for Kids - from National Pest Management Association, includes interactive learning activities, lesson plans, activities sheets to download and information, some areas of the web site contain informaion that is relevant only to USA but much can be used in Australia
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/home.html
What's Alive?
The Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/Bucket Buddies - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/The Great Plant Escape - online activities from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/Mini Beasts - Travelbugs Mobile Mini-beasts education service
http://www.mini-beasts.com/BugWise - from Australian Museum Online
http://www.bugwise.net.au/About Insects - from CSIRO
http://www.ento.csiro.au/about_insects/Animals - classroom resources for a unit of work on animals, from abcteach.com
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/science/animals/Bugs - classroom resources for a unit of work on animals, from abcteach.com
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/science/animals/bugs/Beautiful Beetles - a feature from Scribbly Gum, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Spiders Spin Out - a feature from Scribbly Gum, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/december2003/
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/february2004/Insects and Spiders Gallery - pdf files for classroom activities from Learning Page.com
http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/galleries/insects.htmlInsects and Bugs Coloring Pages - from DLTK's Printable Crafts For Kids
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/minsectposter.htmlSpiders - from Queensland Museum
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/spiders/index.aspBUGASAURUS EXPLORUS - from NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, teachers resources inlcude curriculum links for Stages 2 - 4, colouring-in page and certificate
http://www.bugsurvey.nsw.gov.au/
Life Cycles
Life Cycles of Animals - from Erie School District
http://esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/LifeCycle/animals.htmButterfly Life Cycles - from Teachers on the Web, Queensland
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/butlifecycle/Wanderer Butterfly - an example of complete metamorphosis - from Brisbane Butterflies
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_nymphs/wanderer.htmWhere do butterflies come from? - a classroom activity from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html
Food chains and Food webs
Food Webs - from Gould League
http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htmFood Chain & Food web activity sheets - Primary - from KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch, SA
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section5/5-08.htmFood Chain & Food web activity sheets - Middle - from KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch, SA
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section5/5-09.htm
How plants and animals are suited to their environment
Inheritance and environment
Activity: What Your Genes Do - from CSIRO
http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/Genes.htmlHuman Genetics: Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/genproj/
Classification
Classifying things - from Science by Email, CSIRO
http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/ClassifyingAnimals.html
Cross-curriculum focus
Beastley Garden of Wordy Delights - table of common living things with plural, collective Noun, Gender and Offspring, from Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care Collection (USA)
http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html