Animals Activities

 

Activities

Child standing behind a shadow puppet theater, holding a moose puppet up to the screen to cast a shadow.
General Animal Activities
Songbird mobile: four brightly colored paper cutouts of birds tied to two chopsticks and hung from the ceiling.
Birds
Build A Fish example; a drawing of a fish with fins and other parts glued on, colored with crayons.
Fish
 
6 pairs of butterfly cards, each showing a different species.
Insects

 

Child's hand holding two snowshoe hare cutouts, one brown and one gray.
Mammals

 

Collage showing an underwater scene, made with watercolors, yarn, and tissue paper. Several colored whale templates are glued to the collage.
Marine Mammals

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Links and Resources

Kenelm Philip Lepidoptera Collection: Lesson plans incorporating digital images of the Kenelm Philip Lepidoptera  Collection (butterflies and moths).

Butterflies of Alaska: Read more about each of the 80 specis of Alaska butterflies.

Checklist of Alaska Birds: See a list of all known bird species in Alaska.

Exploring Insect Wings: Watch a conversation about the diversity of insect wings with curator and entomologist Dr. Derek Sikes!

Frozen Wood Frogs: Watch a video about how wood frogs in Interior Alaska survive the winter.

Alaska's Animals: Learn more about Alaskan animals from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game.

iNaturalist: Identify species in the wild and become a citizen scientist.

 

 

Collection of butterflies in a specimen drawer.

Image: Drawer from Kenelm W. Phillip Lepidoptera Collection.

 

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