Teacher Resources

This page is a guideline of resources that you will need to implement this lesson, along with some additional websites that you might find of interest to use as a supplement to this WebQuest.

Resources Needed

First you will need to compile a packet for each student. The student packet contains the following:

(You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open some of these files. It is free to download by clicking on the link above.)

Please print one copy of each page for each student and collate them into a packet for the student to use and submit at the completion of the WebQuest.

You will also need to provide supplies for students to use to create their illustrations. (Ex. Poster board, markers, crayons, glue, construction paper, paint, etc.)

Useful Links

Here are some additional resources and lesson plans that you may like to explore to supplement this webquest:

Animal Adaptations Lesson Plan
http://www.accessexcellence.org/atg/data/released/0542-BehmLisa/

Animal Adaptations Lesson Plan
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=232

Animal Adaptations Resources
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750

Animals: Hibernation, Estivation, and Migration
http://www.knowledge.state.va.us/cgi-bin/lesview.cgi?idl=178

Kiosk – Get to Know Me
http://www.csbsju.edu/arboretum/education/Curriculum/2nd_grade/hibernation/gettoknowme.htm

Migration Basics
http://www.nps.gov/akso/ParkWise/Students/ReferenceLibrary/general/MigrationBasics.htm

Migration, Hibernation, & Adaptation
http://www.ssnsc.org/education/migration.htm

The Migration Game
http://www.smv.org/jil/mll/threefour/MLL3-4TL-CA-miggam.pdf

What Will I Do This Winter?
http://www.littlemountain.ws/edex750/lesson12.htm

Some of the Internet Web Sites may contain challenging concepts and vocabulary for a third grader. Direct students to an online dictionary/encyclopedia for assistance. Good examples are:

Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com

Kid Info: Homework help
http://www.kidinfo.com/SchoolSubjects.html

Yahoo for Kids
http://www.yahooligans.com