Friday, December 02, 2016

Digital Collection: Wildscreen Arkive

WILDSCREEN ARKIVE
Contents: This collection contains information about thousands of species from around the world. Users can conduct a search or explore by species, places and topic. In addition to factual information, photos and video are provided for each animal. Users can also explore by conservation status.
Classroom Connections: An educate section contains lots of learning materials organized by grade level. The fun section of the website contains endless activities for kids. Of particular interest is a section on habitats that teachers can use to connect species with the places where they live.
Featured Digital Objects:
Species - http://www.arkive.org/species/
Team WILD game - http://www.arkive.org/education/team-wild
Marine plastics - http://www.arkive.org/c/marine-plastics/
To visit the collection, http://www.arkive.org/