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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students identify four different categories of reptiles and explain how snakes deliver their venom to their prey. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students locate reptiles, analyze them, and then classify them. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on the distinguishing characteristics of five classes of vertebrates. They differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, assemble a rodent skeleton, observe an experiment, and compose a poem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Student perform observations of live reptiles to find out about a family of marine reptiles. They answer a series of questions and discuss their answers with the rest of the class. They handle model specimens of the marine reptile they observed. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students are able to research and classify animals of the temperate forest. They are able to make a circle graph: collect, display (using a bar graph or line plot), interpret, and analyze a set of data collected. They think of animals they might see, classify the animals, and choose one to research. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students study the stages of the Eastern newt either by collecting a live specimen or from pictures. They note the colors of the eft stage before reading the "Eastern Newt Species Account" that shows the newt's life stages, migration, and the fact that it is toxic. They study rattlesnake rattle samples and discuss how the two animals ward off predators. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. They classify animals into mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and insects. They discuss the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals and simulate being a snake. They simulate being an animal for the day. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students use a hot list to research information on the habitat of reptiles and on how to take care of and maintain the habitat for a turtle or a lizard. In small groups students set up a terrarium for the turtle or lizard. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore the physical and behavioral adaptations that are seen in different reptile groups. They view and discuss a Discovery Channel video on reptiles. In small groups, they choose a type of reptile such as lizards or turtles and use a worksheet to guide their research. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Studens identify the characteristics for a variety of reptiles. In groups, they place the reptiles in different groups based on different criteria for classifying them. To end the lesson, they complete a worksheet and review the classification of plants from the previous lesson. Full Review »
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