Here are some of the websites I am going to evaluate:

http://www.kinderart.com/teachers/pets.shtml
http://www.lvma.org/petgen.html
http://www.humanesocietyyouth.org/resources/classroom_pets.asp

Kristin, I agree with all of your ideas! Has anyone downloaded Inspiration or Kidspiration yet? I downloaded Kidspiration today, so hopefully I can get working on a concept map!