Thank you to all who responded!!
like National Geographic for kids- Here's a link-
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/
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http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/
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. We've also used Enchanted Learning, though they don't have color pictures.
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Check out the sites listed on
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/animals.htm
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If you subscribe to Grolier's Online Encyclopedia, they have a wonderful
component called "Amazing Animals".
Here are a few sites to use with second grade students
Kid's Click has some nice links at http://www.kidsclick.org/midanim.html
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ALA has links to animal sites at
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapp
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s/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=1. These include indicators for age
appropriateness.
http://www.funkidsvideo.com/Pages/WildAnimals/wildanim.html
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Here's a fun interactive site
http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html
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.
You'll find animal videos plus more at
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/
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I've used the San Diego Zoo Site with second grade. It's awesome! But here are
some other suggestions for you. I use the eMINTS site to find web sites because
they are child friendly. Here's the list of topics by grade.
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by-grade.shtml
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If you scroll down to second grade you can find plenty of resources.
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www.enchantedlearning.com
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Danielle Blaise
Lower School Librarian
The Hewitt School
45 E 75th Street
New York, NY 11021
212-288-1919 ex.342
dblaise@hewittschool.org
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