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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: African Spurred Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the African spurred tortoise and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Green Anole

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the green anole and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Gila Monster

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the Gila monster and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Brown Anole (Cuban Anole)

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the Brown Anole and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: American Alligator

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the American alligator and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, and more.
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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium: Mourning Gecko

For Students 9th - 10th
This Georgia Aquarium resource is about the Mourning Gecko. An all female species, the mourning gecko is parthenogenetic, meaning it can reproduce without males.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents fascinating facts and colorful photos of a variety of reptiles plus a map of the location where they can be found.
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Activity
University of Guelph

Discover Canada's Aquatic Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides users with information regarding the different aspects of reptiles inhabiting Canada. Offers links to references, snakes and lizards, turtles and reptile families.
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Unit Plan
Tramline

Tramline: Dinosaurs: A Prehistoric Adventure for Grades 2 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Click "Start Fieldtrip," for a wonderful look at a subject that has been a constant amazement to children of all ages. This dinosaur learning module for grades 1-3 is a "Prehistoric adventure," discussing dinosaur fossils, the size of...
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University of Florida

Cottonmouth Identification Key

For Students 9th - 10th
An identification key for the Florida and eastern cottonmouth water moccasins.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover all you can about the various species of cold-blooded vertebrates, otherwise known as reptiles.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Dinosaur Dig

For Students 3rd - 5th
The San Diego Natural History Museum provides dinosaur lovers with plenty of information and fun facts with links to Finding Fossils and Dinosaur Bytes.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Classification: Minnesota Vertebrates

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson serves as an introduction to classification. The students will place animals into its proper vertebrate group according to certain characteristics that the animals have in common.
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This link will place at your fingertips all kinds of resources for your science unit pertaining to animals such as birds, bugs, dinosaurs, endangered species, fish, mammals and reptiles.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: M. C. Escher

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a very informative biography as well as a gallery with 15 pictures of great Escher art.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Science Explorations: Uncover Lizards and Snakes

For Students 3rd - 8th
An exploration of squamates, or scaled reptiles. Take notes about lizards and snakes using the pdf "Squamate Chart" while viewing a slideshow, investigate the squamate anatomy and how squamates differ from other animals, such as insects...
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Tree of Life Project

Reptiles: Synapsida

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains general information about the extinct link between reptiles and mammals. The Synapsida organisms are the link.
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Other

International Reptile Conservation Foundation: Reptile Conservation Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the preservation of endangered reptiles and amphibians. Includes video, photos and species descriptions.
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Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Reptiles and Amphibians

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Come and discover more about reptiles and amphibians when you explore this awesome resource. This site is filled with useful links.
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Other

Asp Viper

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of color photos of the Asp Viper from Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Link to related species photos.
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Other

Kingsnake: Vipera Aspis

For Students 9th - 10th
Distributed throughout Europe, the Vipera aspis, is a venomous snake that preys mostly on rodents and lizards. Distribution map of Italy, pictures, and dimensions are included.
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Other

Evolution of Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information on the evolution of Reptiles and also the anatomy of a reptile. It features a timeline which shows the rise of different groups of reptiles in relation to each other.
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Other

Fun Facts About Alligators

For Students 1st - 8th
Did you know an alligator can't move its tongue? Or that when it's born it has an egg tooth to get out of its shell? Find out more fun and interesting facts about alligators including lots of amazing photographs!
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Other

Venomous Reptiles: Care of Captive Bothrops Asper

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the care of captive Bothrops asper snakes. Sometimes referred to as the fer-de-lance or lancehead, this species requires specialized care due to the size of its large fangs and somewhat unpredictable behavior.