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Code.org

Functions with Return Values

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young computer scientists explore how to use the return command in computer programing by playing Go Fish. They learn about functions that return values and then write a turtle driver app using the return function. 
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Curated OER

What Animals Live in the Rice Paddy?

For Teachers K
Students listen to a story about turtles leaving a rice field to go to sea. In this literacy and social science lesson, students discuss the story, write a sentence describing each turtle, and draw a picture of the turtle's home in the...
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Curated OER

OaxacaTurtles

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students identify types of turtles off the coast of Oaxaca. They become acquainted with the Mexican Turtle Center. They create a project (mural, map, panel discussion, logo/design) to communicate researched information.
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Curated OER

Estimating Loggerhead Hatchling Gender Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study sea turtles and the concept of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Using a specific set of temperature data, they determine the probable sex of a nest of sea turtle hatchlings and then determine the overall...
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Curated OER

For Creative Minds: Tudley Didn't Know

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover facts about the animals in John Himmselman's book, Tudley Didn't Know, and make a paper turtle. In this marsh animals lesson, students first read the book Tudley Didn't Know. Students read facts about painted turtles,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

T is for Turtle

For Students 3rd
In this forming words worksheet, 3rd graders make 10 turtle words on the lines provided. Students must first read a fact about box turtles then create words out of the letters in "box turtle". 
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Curated OER

Dr. Seuss Activity: Turtle Tower!

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this Dr. Seuss activity, students count a "stack" of turtles, then draw one of their own. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Curated OER

Timothy Turtle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story of Timothy Turtle. They make predictions 100% of the time asked. Students participate in a discussion with their partners 100% of the time. They confirm predictions about what happens next in a story.
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Curated OER

Be an Artist: Softshell Turtle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this visual arts worksheet, learners will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a softshell turtle in the boxes provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Endangered Animal Coloring Page

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this endangered animal instructional activity, students color a picture of a green sea turtle with vibrant colors. Students then draw its natural habitat around it.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How many? number 8

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this number 8 worksheet, students trace and write the number 8 in words. Students trace the word eight 2 times and also color 8 turtles.
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Curated OER

Get the Turtle to the Pond

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students estimate length and angle measure. They are asked to enter a sequence of LOGO commands to help the turtle get to the pond. Students write their own solutions using LOGO commands and input them into the computer.
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Writing
Curated OER

Story Starter-- The Turtle And the Dog

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students examine the colorful picture of a turtle having a conversation with a dog. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Will You Help Cindy Show the Turtle the Way Through the Maze?

For Students K - 1st
In this maze worksheet, student draw a line from the beginning to help Cindy show the turtle the way through the maze. This is a wordless worksheet.
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Curated OER

Identifying Missing Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
How do you figure out the meaning of a word you don't know? Young readers develop skills to identifying missing words in a story using context clues. Picture clues are used to identify covered words in the story I Can’t Get My Turtle to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circle Ten

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A simple pair of counting worksheets (each featuring five sets of objects) gives visual learners an easy path to math. In the first worksheet, they count umbrellas, leaves, airplanes, acorns, and strawberries, circling ten objects in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Big, Bigger, Biggest

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Which turtle is big, and which one is biggest? Add variety to your third graders' writing with a comparative adjective activity. Given eight adjectives, young writers find the comparative and superlative forms of each. The last two are...
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Franklin Goes to School (Bourgeois)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Join Franklin the turtle at school as youngsters learn new vocabulary in the context of Paulette Bourgeois' story (or apply this strategy to any book). Scholars are acquainted with new words before reading and raise hands when...
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Franklin Goes to the Hospital (Bourgeois)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Franklin the turtle is on another adventure in Paulette Bourgeois' book Franklin Goes to the Hospital, and there are plenty of new words for your young readers to explore as they hear this story. Although you can include more,...
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Franklin's New Friend (Bourgeois)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Franklin the turtle makes a new friend as youngsters learn vocabulary in context using Paulette Bourgeois' story (tip: this strategy can be applied to any book). Brief kids on the new words so they can raise their hands when they...
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Printables
Twisty Noodle

Fur, Features, Scales, and Shells Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
What's the difference between a bear and a fish? Examine the characteristics of different animals with a set of pages for kids to color. Four pages provide different animals for each characteristic, including turtles, bears, fish, and...
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Project WET Foundation

Discover Our Ocean

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A very informative interactive presents ocean zones, estuaries, hot water vents, phytoplankton, coral reefs, sea turtles, kelp forests, and all things that thrive in the ocean.
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Social Studies School Service

“Duck and Cover” (Civil Defense)

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Bert the Turtle models for viewers the 1950s Civil Defense Duck and Cover strategy that was supposed to protect citizens from a nuclear blast. After viewing the video, watchers are asked to consider the motivations of the producers of...
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Teach Engineering

Live Like an Animal

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
When your parents say that your room's a pig sty, tell them about biomimicry. The sixth installment of a nine-part Life Science unit has scholars research the shelters used by animals in the natural world, like turtle shells. Using the...

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