Animals: Puffins
These sites are about puffin habitat and puffin characteristics. There are many photographs, maps, and some audio files. During the summer months students can view a live web cam of puffins. Included are eThemes resources on Iceland and birds.
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FactMonster: Puffin
Students can read this encyclopedia article on puffins. NOTE: The site includes ads.
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Project Puffin Visitor Center
Rockland, Maine, hosts the Project Puffin Visitor Center. This three page article also has photographs of puffins, click on "More Photos."
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Project Puffin
This is the home page for Project Puffin. Some of the pages are "sound enhanced." The puffins have migrated for the winter, but watch for the "Best of the Puffin Cam 2006."
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Puffin Cam
Here is a collection of photographs from the 2004 puffin cam.
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Project Puffin 26 Questions
Here are the answers to some common questions about puffins.
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Audubon: Virtual Puffin
Students can take the virtual tour of Eastern Egg Rock Island. There are videos and some pages are audio enhanced. Listen to puffins and other sea birds. NOTE: Disable the pop-up blocker.
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Arctic Animals
Students can print out many different "Arctic Animal Printouts." Scroll down for the puffin.
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Boreal Forest: Atlantic Puffin
This site has a short description of the puffin and describes the habitat and diet.
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EdHelper: Puffins
Here is a sample worksheet about puffins.
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Arthropolis: Arctic Puffin Nesting
This site has a wealth of information on the Arctic. Students can click on "Maps" for Arctic maps. NOTE: The site includes ads.
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Tufted Puffin
Students can learn about this puffin that lives in the North Pacific.
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Atlantic Puffins
This site has photographs of puffins in their wild habitat taken off the coast of eastern Canada.
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Maine: Puffins
Maine's secretary of state provides this information on puffins.
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Puffins: Clowns of the Sea
This site has background information on puffins and photographs. This text may be too advanced for younger students, but there is good background information for teachers. NOTE: The site includes ads.
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Audubon: Tufted Puffin
This site gives background information on the tufted puffin. Click on "Conservation Status" for a map of their range.
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Fish Out of Water
This puffin study guide is appropriate for high school students. The study guide is a three-page PDF file designed for use with a documentary film, but could be adapted for use with the Internet.
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CIA Factbook: Arctic Region
Students can study this map of the Arctic Region. This one-page PDF can be printed.
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eThemes Resource: Country: Iceland
Learn about Iceland, a small European country the size of Ohio. Topics include its geography, people, history, and climate. Listen to the national anthem, watch several movies, or view photographs of the country's landscape. Includes information about animals inhabiting the island, including arctic foxes, Icelandic sheepdogs, and puffins.
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eThemes Resource: Animals: Birds
These sites include information about several different types of birds, including a gallery of the official state birds. Learn about their physical characteristics and habitats and listen to their calls. View photographs, short videos, and live Webcams.