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Animal Diversity Web

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Description Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology, from the University of Michigan. It is a searchable encyclopedia, science learning tool and virtual museum. It has pages suggesting uses for the site in both undergraduate and K12 education.
Type of Resource Assignment/Activity (Non-Laboratory/Non-Hands on Activity), Database, Online Tool
Format Web Page - HTML
Authors
Phil Myers, University of Michigan
Roger Espinosa, University of Michigan
Cyndy Parr, University of Maryland
Tricia Jones, University of Michigan
George Hammond, University of Michigan
Tanya Dewey, University of Michigan
Development Date April 20, 2006
Grade/Age Levels High School lower division (Grades 9-10)
High School upper division (Grades 11-12)
Intermediate elementary (Grades 3-5)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Primary Elementary (Grades K-2)
Undergraduate lower division (Grades 13-14)
Undergraduate upper division (Grades 15-16)
Graduate
Professional (degree program)
Continuing Education
General Public
Informal Education
Pedagogies
Learning Time <=1 hour
Language English
Type of Review Reviewed by SDB Peer Reviewers
Review Date June 4, 2007
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Suggested Use

This site is a bit hard to navigate, but I did find the Mammal Anatomy collection to be very useful.  There are sections which include great images of skulls, different types of teeth, and a section on cursorial locomotion.  Much of this material would be of use in a Vertebrate Anatomy course.

Julie Dais, Okanagan College


It is highly suggested that major editing be done on all referencing of resources used this site. I know it will be a huge undertaking, but if we are to teach our students science by doing science, they should constantly see scientific writing at its best when asked to use the Web, or any LO, as a resource.

Jackie McLaughlin, Penn State Lehigh Valley


A well organized web resource on animal evolution presented by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
Tom Brody, NIH

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