GALAPAGOS
	Resources for Teachers and Students
	Selected by PS 334 Anderson School Teachers

All Grades

Galapagos VIDEOS
http://www.expeditions.com/Theater17.asp?Destination=294&Theme=0&MediaType=3

http://www.expeditions.com/DER_Search46.asp?Destination=294

Intro to Darwin’s journey to the Galapagos. Great video to start off with. The level 1,2and 3 part are fun but a little hard to navigate. Children enjoyed coming up to the smartboard to find clues! Site also has a lot of links and resources too!

Interesting Article
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=334961&CategoryId=14089

Galapagos Tortoise-national geographic kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Galapagos-tortoise
shipwrek

Bluefooted Boobies
http://www.nsta.org/publications/interactive/galapagos/bluefootedbooby.html

Dive and Discover
http://www.whoi.edu/divediscover/search.do?h=www.whoi.edu&q=galapagos&Search=Search

Galapagos Geography
http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/Galapagos.html

Galapagos online boobies
http://www.galapagosonline.com/Galapagos_Natural_History/Birds_and_Animals/Birds/Boobies.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/adaptation/index.htm

Great information on the Galapagos http://www.galapagos.org

Incredible photos http://www.galapagos.org/2008/index.php?s=Gallery

Detailed website about the Galapagos Islands including lesson plans for grades 3-8. http://www.galapagos.org/2008/index.php?id=83

Galapagos EXPLORE! http://www.gct.org/intro.html

Galapagos Conservation Trust http://www.gct.org/

Information on the Galapagos including lists of animal species and ecosystems

http://darwinfoundation.org/en/galapagos

Grades K-3

Interactive site with quiz and information

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/galapagos/index.html

Cute questions and answers to do with whole class on smartboard

http://darwinfoundation.org/en/library/children/kids

Info on Ecuador

http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107479.html

Grades 2-4

Information about the Galapagos broken up by history, geography & geology, wildlife, weather, environmental threats

http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/5_cool/galapagos/g24_weather.html

Grades 2+

Shipwreck Island Adventure! -- A Webquest

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/shipwreck/index.htm

Info from an exploration through the Smithsonian museum http://www.mnh.si.edu/expeditions/galapagos/

Geology of Galapagos

http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/Galapagos.html

Comparing Urban Development of New York to Galapagos

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110521/index.htm

Middle School

Early heories of Evolution

http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_2.htm