Classes of

Vertebrate Animals

Web Quest

An animal class is made up of animals that are alike in important ways. Scientists have grouped these animals into classes to make it easier to study them. Every animal in the world belongs to a class of animals. With this Web Quest you will learn more about vertebrate animals and the five classes of animals that belong to the vertebrate phylum.

What are vertebrates? Where is your backbone? How many bones are in the human body? http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

What animal has this skeleton? http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/skeletons/index.htm

A.	CHECK YOUR ANSWERS	1. Human Skeleton
B.		2. Boa Constrictor Snake Skeleton
C.		3. Rabbit Skeleton
D		4. Bat Skeleton

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http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm Simple explanation of classes of animals color pages

http://www.scz.org/animals/home.html Sedgvick County Zoo Information on five classes of animals

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/ Good site for five animal classes & lists of animals in each class.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html (San Diego Zoo) great photos & information on the five animal classes - Animal Bytes

http://www.songsforteaching.com/Pets.html Songs for animal classes

http://www.joelson.addr.com/animalgroups.htm Simple definition of animal classes

http://www.scienceworld.bc.ca/ Science World - Jane Goodall's Chimpanzees

http://www.sierraclub.org/ Sierra club

http://www.si.edu/ Smithsonian Institute

http://www.aquarium.ucsd.edu/ Birch Aquarium

http://community.webshots.com/album/1289618 Ocean Web Shots

http://www.mbayaq.org/ Monterey Bay Aquarium

http://www.proteacher.com/110006.shtml Pro Teacher--Lesson plans, units, activities

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Animals animal pictures

http://www.ble.rcs.k12.tn.us/animalwebquest.htm Animal classification 4th grade web quest.

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/ Great graphics of all five animal classes

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Great information for all five animal classes /gives largest/smallest /great facts

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/nocturnal.shtml Nocturnal animals

http://now2000.com/kids/zoos.shtml List of American Zoo Web sites

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5827/breakout.html Web quest of animals breaking out of North Carolina Zoo

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm Australian Animals Web quest

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Animals animal clipart - loads of great graphics

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/science/animals/ Animals Teaching Theme

http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm The Electronic Zoo - Awesome site!

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/zoo/discover.html lists of animals

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/ lists of animals living on seven continents & the oceans

http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Great_Web_Sites_for_Kids/Great_Web_Sites__Animals.htm Great animal web sites for kids

http://www.kidsplanet.org/ Endangered animals information

http://www.nwf.org/kids/kzPage.cfm?siteId=3 Ranger Rick

http://pbskids.org/zoboo/mysteryanimal/mysteryfourr.html (PBS - ZOBOOMAFOO - Mystery animal)

http://www.seaworld.org/ (Variety of Animals)

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/index.htm (Most files include the scientific classification, fun facts, and biological value) Great pictures.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/content/Cat_11_App_2_Grd_4.html (Many links with lesson plans)

http://www.enature.com/ (online field guides divided by animal kingdoms - great information and graphics)

http://natzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/ (Smithsonian National Zoological Park) Animal photo galleries - Live animal cams - Animal index

http://animal.discovery.com/ (Animals A to Zoo)