Throughout our study of animal behavior and adaptations, you will begin to become an expert on one specific animal that you will choose. It is important to spend some time developing a general understanding of animal behavior and adaptations before you begin your individual research. Use the links included in this scrapbook to help guide your understanding of each concept. Then, once you feel that you are ready, you may begin researching these concepts as they relate to your specific animal using the customized search engine. You can create your own digital scrapbook using images and information that you find while researching your animal. Be sure to follow the guidelines below.

Keep this question in mind as you work: How do animal behaviors and adaptations help them to survive in their environments?

1. Explore these Internet sites looking for facts, quotes, examples, images, sound clips, videos, and animations that you think are important aspects of the topic.

2. Check for a copyright notices (usually at the bottom of the page). Most of the time, you can use images, etc. for classroom use only. If there is an e-mail link on the page, you can ask for permission to use the work. Be prepared to cut anything that copyright owners don't want you to use.

3. Copy text by dragging across the words, right click and choose Copy from the menu OR highlight and use the Edit - Copy command on the menubar. Paste what you highlighted into a basic text editor, word processor, desktop publishing program or multimedia program.

4. Save images by right-clicking and downloading them. Save the images in a folder until you're ready to use them. Remember to name them using the proper three letter extension at the end of the file name.

5. Once you have collected your information and examples, consider why you collected them and why they are important.

6. Additional Resources at the bottom of the page can be used to find factual information on your topic.

• Habitats - Explore this site to learn about different habitats.

• Adaptation Match - Can you meet the challenge? Try to match each animal with it's adaptation.
• Adaptations - Explore this site to learn about animal adaptations.
• More about adaptations - Read the information contained here to learn more about adaptations.

• Interdependence - Explore this information to learn about interdependence of animals.

• ENature -
• Our Customized Search Engine - Use this customized search engine to locate information about your animal.
• Sea World -

Directories and Finding Aids

Yahooligans!

An internet directory for the younger set.

KidsClick!

Librarian created directory for kids.

Ask Jeeves

A natural language search engine that lets you type in a question.

Librarians' Internet Index

Large collection created by Librarians.

Reference

MSN Encarta Encyclopedia Article Center

MSN Encarta Encyclopedia

KnowPlay Reference

Nicely formatted mega-search page

Askanexpert.com

Expert volunteers answer your questions for free!

How Stuff Works

Great illustrations and animation often accompany the facts.