DK First Animal Encyclopedia

From aardvark to zebra, this book is packed with fascinating facts about animals, giving children a wonderful head start on learning about the animal world.
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Subjects
Reading and Literature
Nonfiction Literature
Science
Themes
Animals
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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Geography Activities for Middle School

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Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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Dinosaur Detectives

ObjectivesStudents will learn about amphibian evolution by comparing fossils with a modern-day skeleton.

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One Million Things: Animal Life

This book features sweeping single-shots that encompass a multitude of animals, making for a seamless and striking prese...

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Animal Vocabulary

Although these words sound scientific, they are commonly used to describe animal families or behavior.

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President Classification of Animals

The inventor of modern scientific classification was Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) a Swedish botanist who classified and ...

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Animal Vocabulary: Families and Behavior

Herbivores are animals, such as deer, who eat plants.Carnivores are flesh-eating animals, like lions.

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Speed of Animals

Most of the following measurements are for maximum speeds over approximate quarter-mile distances.

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