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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Turtle and Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about turtles and tortoises, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Science Vocabulary Game

For Teachers 4th Standards
Fourth graders will play a review memory game with Utah's Grade 4 Science Standard V vocabulary words during this lesson plan. Words associated with living things and classifications of living things are included in this lesson plan.
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Handout
Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo: Dwarf Crocodile

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers great information of the West African Dwarf Crocodile. Information includes what they look like, where they are found, what they eat, and how often they reproduce. Special adaptations that the crocodile has made are also included.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Iguana

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about the iguana. It include several photos, an audio clip an a video clip. [1:30]
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Handout
Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo: Green Tree Python

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on what the Green Tree Python looks like, where it can be found, what it eats, and how often it reproduces.
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Website
Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: How Can We Classify Animals?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Welcome to Hideaway Island where five pirates need to find crews for their ships. Join in and learn about animals with backbones.
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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Animal Classification Game

For Students 1st - 5th
Decide whether an animal is an amphibian, insect, mammal or reptile with this interactive classification game.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: The Tyrant Lizards: The Tyrannosauridae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California provides basic information on T. rex with links to related material great for a quick introduction.
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Handout
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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Website
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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Website
Other

Facilisimo: Mascotas Y Hogar

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information, entirely in Spanish, about a wide variety of pets: dogs, cats, birds, horses, reptiles, fish and others. Colorful photographs accompany descriptions of different breeds. Care and training advice is also offered...
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Website
Other

Facilisimo: Mascotas: Reportajes: Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information, entirely in Spanish, about a variety of reptiles that make good household pets. Colorful photographs accompany descriptions of different species.
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Handout
Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo: Dumeril's Ground Boa

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the Dumeril's Ground Boa. The information includes what they look like, where they are found in the wild, what they eat, and how often they reproduce.
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Handout
Other

Brazos R. Rattlesnake Ranch: Broadbanded Copperhead

For Students 9th - 10th
The broadbanded copperhead subspecies is a relative of the water mocassin. Information on this copper-colored venomous snake can be found at this site.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Florida's Creeping Crawlers

For Students 9th - 10th
"Florida's Creeping Crawlers" by Howard Youth highlights the various reptile life native to Florida. The emphasis of the article is placed on Iguanas, but other reptiles are discussed including the anole, the Nile monitor, and Burmese...
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Website
Other

Florida Museum of Natural History: Crocodilians: The American Alligator

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Florida offers a wonderful, fact filled webpage on the American Alligator.
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Website
Other

Reptiles Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a web site for a magazine on reptiles. Includes many pictures and information about different reptile species.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Meet a Rattlesnake

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about rattlesnakes and how they make their rattling sound. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Scaly or Slimy?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the difference between a reptile and an amphibian. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Florida Museum of Natural History gives the current events, information about the museum, exhibits and public programs, research and collections, links, etc. to the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Lizard

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information about lizards, including photos and an audio clip.
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Website
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Museum of Zoology

For Students 9th - 10th
See the Museum of Zoology where visitors can explore the museum's resources.
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Handout
Other

Sun Site: General Characteristics of Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains what reptiles are, where they live, what they look like, how they move, how they breathe, what they eat, what their sense organs are, and how they reproduce.