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SHS Field Guide

SHS Field Guide

Use the following resources to identify plants, animals, and more around Shrewsbury High School.

Animal Classification

Animal Classification

Clearly written informational text about animal classification. Includes questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, and maps.

Plant Identification

Arbor Day: What Tree is That?
Use this step by step guide to identify North American trees.
Go Botany: Simple Key
Answer questions and use provided images to identify plants from Go Botany.
Go Botany: Dichotomous Key
More detailed key to plant identification.

Animal Indentification

What Bird?
Identify birds by attributes.
Snakes of Massachusetts
Answer questions to identify snakes native to Massachusetts.
All About Birds from the Cornell Lab
Click on "Get Instant ID Help" for a series of interactive questions to help you identify a bird.

Bug Identification

Bug Guide
Explore and identify insects, spiders, and more.
The "Clickable Guide" in the left side bar, is a great place to get started.

Other Resources

iNaturalist
*Requires Login* Record your observations, get identification help from other members, and identify observations from others.
Environmental Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets about a number of plants, insects, and more from the UMASS Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment.
Mass Audubon Quick Guides
One page fact sheets about animals common to Massachusetts.

Research Footer

Citation Tutorials

Keyword Generator

Website Evaluation

Username and Passwords

Book recs and research help