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\nAdaptations\n

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\nViewers learn about adaptations of plants, animals, and humans through a collection of four Animal League videos. Host Britt Garner discusses behavioral and physical adaptations like camouflage. Also featured are unique adaptions like...\n
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\nMathematics Vision Project: Interactive Applets\n

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\nReady, set, go! The Mathematics Vision Project provides a collection of 10 Interactive Applets that follow the progression of learning—to practice, develop, and solidify understanding. The interactives use engaging materials that include...\n
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\nUsing DNA to Explore Lizard Phylogeny\n

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\nIn a fun and interactive two-day lesson, learners sort anole lizard pictures by appearance. Next, they watch a video about the anoles and re-sort based on the information in the video. In addition to physical characteristics, budding...\n
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\nAnole Lizards: An Example of Speciation\n

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\nWhat happens to a species when members become separated by changes in their environment? Present young biologists with the ultimate example species—the anole lizard. A brief video describes the origins of the multitude of anole species...\n
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\nLeapin' Lizards\n

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\nThird graders lure lizards with different foods and observe what the lizard eats.  In this animal behavior lesson, 3rd graders discover how lizards eat and their behaviors when more than one lizard is present. Students create their...\n
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\nThese Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years\n

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\nMost species use one way of attracting a mate, whether through physical displays, alluring sounds, or aggression. The side-blotched lizards use three different ways, providing balance to their ecosystem. While the males use their own...\n
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\nWild Moving Lizard Sculpture\n

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\nLizards are amazing! After a lesson on reptiles, take a look at this set of instructions. You'll be able to guide your class in making a paper lizard sculpture that moves. This idea also includes variations on the paper technique used...\n
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\nMonitor Lizard vs. Croc\n

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\nCheck out this stand-off between a team of half-pound water dikkops and a half-ton crocodile against a hungry monitor lizard. As the lizard is hunting for crocodile eggs, a pair of feisty dikkops act as a defense for themselves and the...\n
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\nHeating and Cooling a Really Large Lizard\n

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\nRemind your middle school scientists how fox ear size varies depending on the climate they live in; large ears allow heat loss while small ears keep heat in. Discuss how a cold-blooded animal might try to regulate body temperature. Then...\n
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\nThe Origin of Species: Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree\n

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\nDifferent islands in the Caribbean have very similar species of anole lizards, which each have their own place in the ecosystem. Researchers did several studies to determine whether the anoles evolved into the different species then...\n
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\nReptiles\n

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\nDid you know that reptile species outnumber mammals? Reptiles include snakes, turtles, and lizards. Watch this video to learn a few more interesting facts.\n
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\nSnakes and Lizards Length and Movement\n

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\nSnakes and lizards can be very tiny or very long. Your class will get out their rulers to see just how big snakes and lizards can be. They discuss several different reptiles by reading the included animal fact cards, then each small...\n
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\nLizard Lab\n

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\nIn this detailed and comprehensive multi-day activity, budding evolutionary biologists use real data from lizard populations in the Canary Islands to examine evolution and natural selection. \n
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\nLizard Maze\n

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\nIn this mazes worksheet, students determine the most efficient strategy to help a lizard find its favorite shady spot through an intriguing maze.\n
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\nSide Blotched Lizard Maze\n

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\nIn this mazes worksheet, students find the best strategy to assist a side-blotched lizard find its prey to eat through an intriguing maze.\n
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\nUsing DNA to Explore Lizard Phylogeny\n

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\nOn the Caribbean islands, lizards expanded into different niches instead of competing for resources. Scholars discuss and learn from experts in a video how scientists prove the theory. They build phylogenetic trees based on appearances...\n
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\nLeaping Lizards\n

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\nTransform lizards onto different locations. The interactive provides a diagram of a lizard and several locations. Pupils use their knowledge of transformations to move the lizard to the different locations and use the tools of GeoGebra...\n
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\nLizards, Snakes, and Poisonous Animals in the Deserts of Australia\n

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\nAustralia has more lizards than any other country. Learners have an opportunity to get up close to one type, the goanna lizard, with a short video about how this speedy reptile survives under the harsh conditions of the outback. Viewers...\n
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\nAustralian Aborigine Lizard Painting\n

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\nStudents become familiar with Australian \"dot paintings.\" In this Australian Aboriginal Lizard painting lesson, students make illustration of three types of lizards and complete pictures using \"dot painting.\" Students recognize the...\n
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\nThe Great Snake Debate\n

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\nSnakes are just lizards without legs, right? Scholars study the sensational evolutionary history of the snake with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include snake fossils, theories on snake evolution, and...\n
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\nLizard and Bullfrog\n

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\nIn this science worksheet, learners compare a lizard and an amphibian. They answer several short questions and color in the pictures.\n
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\nLizards\n

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\nFourth graders recall lizards from the text and report their important traits. The teacher adds the information to the map. They watch the map expand while it organizes all of the lizards and their characteristics.\n
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\nHere is a terrific learning game that has pupils acting like lizards! Before the game starts, there is a class discussion on the differences between endotherms and exotherms. The main focus of the game is how each team must keep...\n
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\nWhat Do You Know About Reptiles?\n

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\nIntroduce reptiles to your class. Each slide provides a list of basic characteristics of snakes, lizards, crocodilians, turtles, tortoises, and tuataras. The last slide provides learners with the titles of a few books they can read if...\n
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