Sophie Waddington

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312800/hibernate.htm

This is a very good website because it explains in good detail what hibernation is. The webpage is laid out in a very comprehensible manner in which children as well as teachers will find easy to read. What I really like about this webpage is the vocabulary words presumed not to be known by the reader are highlighted. This means each of the words has a link to the definition page and one is able to read the definition of the word. Not only can the children or teachers use this for finding out vocabulary words but separate links are given for each animals name presented on the webpage. Another page comes up with all that animals’ information if clicked on. This is excellent because everything is on one webpage just a click away.

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/animals/hibernation/

This webpage enables children to watch a cartoon movie that explains to them about hibernation. The short movie goes over some animals that hibernate, why they hibernate and what they do when they don’t hibernate anymore. It also has quizzes to do when you are done watching the movie. Activities and many other things children might find interesting to check out on the webpage are given. This makes it fun for them to learn about hibernation.

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/winter/win3.html

This webpage is to the point. I believe it is good for a teacher to have her students pick an animal they wish to do a project on about hibernation. This website gives the children this opportunity reading a little about each animal before picking one.

http://content.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/t/TeachNow_FindAnimals.pdf

I think this could be very useful when a teacher starts to introduce the next topic. Having this activity can allow the students a bit of creativity and fun. The teacher using this picture can ask questions about why they are all in their burrows etc… It is important to engage the children from the start. By counting the animals on the picture and/or maybe coloring them, the children might start to think of why the picture was drawn in this particular way.

http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/animals/animals.html#Hibernating_Animals

This website is mainly for teachers that want to do the topic of hibernation in their classroom. This website gives ideas about creative activities to do when studying this topic. It also provides other links to other websites that may help them think of ideas in which to get the important information about hibernation across to the children.

http://www.zoomschool.com/coloring/Hibernate.shtml

One last website, it has different animals that hibernate and their information. This is also a great page for a teacher to print out the animal page and have their students pick which animal they want to research about. They also have big pictures of the animals; this makes it more appealing to the eye.