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• George Shrinks - "Journey to the Center of the Garden"
  Something or Someone has been eating at the Shrink's garden and George is on the case. He burrows deep beneath the garden and finds a whole new world...including a family of Gophers.
• Zoboomafoo - "Don't Fence Me In"
  Zoboo invites a wolverine to live with him in Animal Junction, only to realize that wild creatures need room to roam.

Do in Class

• Arthur: Acting Silly - Hold a silly animal parade.
• Arthur: Animal Habitats - Place animals in the appropriate habitats on the map.
• Berenstain Bears: Animal Attributes - Decide which animals make the best pets based on their attributes. (Section 2)
• Between the Lions: Animal Fun Facts - Research different animals and share information about your favorite animal.
• Between the Lions: Fox's Flattery Fest - Explore the characteristics of animals and flatter your favorite animal.
• Clifford the Big Red Dog: Animal Match - Match two separate parts to make a whole animal. Then encourage creative thinking and expressive language skills to make some creative crazy creatures!
• Clifford the Big Red Dog: Creative Tracks - Discover and name real-life tracks left behind by objects, animals, and humans. Then paint colorful creative tracks on a t-shirt by using simple objects at home.
• George Shrinks: Being a Partner with Nature - Identify the needs of living creatures and discuss ways in which people can help animals survive. Become a responsible caretaker and make a bird feeder. (Section 3)
• It's a Big Big World: Who's in the Habitat? - Explore different habitats and identify things that live in them. Create a mobile that shows a specific habitat and the plants and animals that live in that habitat.
• Jay Jay The Jet Plane: Imagination - Activity 2 - Invite students to role play being animals and making the appropriate sounds of the animals.
• Mathline: Creature Features - Research and classify animals of the temperate forest.

Play Online

• Cyberchase: Logic Zoo - Sort animals into the correct pens based on characteristics.
• Fetch!: Dog Pound - Answer science trivia questions in this online whack-a-mole style interactive game.
• Fetch!: Link-O-Vision - Examine pictures and read facts about animals. Match the pictures with the correct facts.
• It's a Big Big World: Madge's House - Listen to and play with four interactive online stories. Discover what animals eat and where they live.
• Zoboomafoo: Going to the Closet - Find the animals hidden in the picture.
• Zoboomafoo: Snack Machine - Discover what kinds of foods animals eat.

Read

• Backyard Detective: Critters Up Close
  By Nic Bishop
  Published August 2002 by Scholastic
  Common critters, 125 insects and other small animals appear in this ingenious field guide to the backyard. Creatures found in seven areas including on the ground, around flowers, and in tool sheds are presented in two-page representative settings. Two pages of explanatory field notes follow. A section called "Be a Backyard Detective" supplies hints and project ideas. The book features a picture index. Bishop's photographs are amazing. Wait until you read how he created them.
• If I Had a Tail
  By Karen Clemens Warrick and Sherry Neidigh Published March 2001 by Rising Moon
  Each animal in this picture book is introduced with a description and picture of its tail. Visual clues provide information to guess the animal's identity. Flip the page and the animal is identified. This book would be a great way to begin unit on habitats and adaptations.

*As most PBS children's programs offer one year extended taping rights for teachers, please feel free to tape them now and save them for use in your classroom during the school year.