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Woodland Park Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo: Pond Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource features the Pond Turtle. Provides a brief description as well as additional information about its reproduction, habitat, life cycle and more.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Turtle and the Ducks [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"The Turtle and the Ducks" is a one page fairy tale/fable a turtle who wants to fly south with the ducks. They develop a plan, but the turtle will have to keep his mouth shut. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Michikinikwa or Little Turtle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Recounts the life of Little Turtle. Little Turtle was the war chief of the Miami Indians, the most powerful Indian Tribe in Ohio, who finally advocated for peace with the new United States government.
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Other

Us Internet: Mischecanocquah/meshekinoquah (Little Turtle)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article begins with brief biographical data, but most of it is an address Little Turtle made to President Thomas Jefferson and Henry Dearborn regarding the American government's failure to live up to the conditions of the Treaty of...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Turtle Dove's Nest and Other Rhymes by William Mc Connell

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Turtle Dove's Nest and Other Rhymes by William McConnell (1887), a fragment of the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes book.
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Snapping Turtles

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site gives an in-depth description of a snapping turtle, including its behavior, appearance, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
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Other

Marine Turtle Exploitation in Bronze Age Oman

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines the connection between sea turtles and the Bronze Age in what is present-day Oman in the Middle East.
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Amazing Giant Turtle Bone Discovery

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Article reports on the discovery of a giant turtle bone.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cyclones May Blast Turtles to Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jacquie van Santen's article examines how several weather tropical cyclones affect populations of marine turtles both at sea and on the `each.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Sea Turtles for Kids: Learn About These Reptiles of the Ocean

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn to identify sea turtles including different species loggerhead and leatherneck. These reptiles are endangered.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Flatback Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Flatback Turtles (Natator depressus), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Matamata Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Matamata Turtles (Chelus fimbriata), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Leatherback Sea Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution...
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Narrow Headed Softshell Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover fun facts and learn about the appearance, diet, breeding, habitat, behavior, and conservation status of the narrow-headed softshell turtle.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Box Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Painted Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Snake Necked Turtles

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Snake-necked Turtles (Chelidae), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this family and maps of its global distribution can also be found...
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Snapping Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Science in Paradise: Turtle Travels

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore how different factors affect temperature and relate this to whether a baby turtle will be male or female. Investigate reproductive strategies of selected organisms, and list the pros and cons of different reproductive behaviors.
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Other

The Leatherback Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization of scientists and future scientists to preserve the Leatherback sea turtles and their nesting beaches.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Reptile Recovery Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This website presents fact sheets about numerous reptiles. Choose from a pull-down list between snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles. The fact sheets contain information such as taxonomy, distribution and habitat, eating habits,...
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Other

Zoo Lab a Website for Animal Biology: The Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Some general facts about reptiles are presented with links to pages on different types of reptiles (turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and tuataras). The individual pages on the particular reptiles present characteristics and facts...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Leatherback Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting information accompanied by pictures and maps showing distribution are presented in this site.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Toads, Turtles, Snakes, Salamanders, and Other Creepers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents Reviled and Revered: Toads, Turtles, Snakes, Salamanders, and Other Creepers and Crawlers. Get the facts about reptiles and amphibians. Learn about their unique characteristics, as well as explore why we...

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