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Unit 2 Diversity of Life
Chapter 11 Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
Section 4 Reptiles
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Teacher Resources Student Extra Credit
11-4 Reptiles
Adaptations for Life on Land
Lizards and Snakes
Alligators and Crocodiles
Turtles
Tuatara
Extinct Reptiles- The Dinosaurs
Day 1
Reptiles: Eyewitness Video |
Day 2
Prentice-Hall 387-394 RSG 11-4 Reptiles |
| Day 3 Ammonite Egg
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Day 4 Soaking Up
Those Rays Science Explorer page 310 |
| Day 5
Crocs-Then
and Now |
| Day 6
Reptile Matching |
| Day 1 |
| Topic Introduction to Reptiles |
| Objectives/
I can ... Introduce reptiles. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework
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| TEC |
Resources Lizards
and Snakes Coloring Book Good BB material
Reptiles: Eyewitness Video on Safari montage Order
Audubon Adventure Newspaper: Birds:
Feathers, Feet, and other Survival Tools |
| Day 2 | |||||||||||
| Topic 11-4 Reptiles | |||||||||||
| Objectives/
I can ... List the characteristics of reptiles. List the orders of reptiles. Name an example of each reptile order. |
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| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
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Classwork-Homework Herps in
History
On the BoardCharacteristics of Reptiles
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| TEC | |||||||||||
| Resources |
| Day 3 |
| Topic Ectotherm Temperature |
| Objective/
I can ... Interpret data associated with an ectotherm. Make predictions for endotherms. Identify orders of reptiles |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
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Literacy Standards Reading Learns definitions of unknown words. Selects and analyzes text to gather information. Effectively uses summarizing and note-taking to gather information. Writing Creates multiple paragraph expository compositions. Revises writing to improve organization and content. Supports main ideas with facts, details, and examples. |
Classwork-Homework
Lizards and Snakes of
Australia 3:00
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| TEC |
| Resources Garter
Snake Fact Sheet History of
the Alligator Komodo
Dragon Fact Sheet Reptile Comprehension from
edHelper.com Soaking Up Those Rays Use Science
Explorer page 310 |
| Day 4 |
| Topic Reptile Egg |
| Objectives/
I can ... Introduce reptiles. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework
Alligator Eggs Hatching
:12
Box Turtle Laying an
Egg :22
Corn Snake Lays Eggs
2:09
18 Snakes in 8 Eggs
2:08
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| TEC |
| Resources |
| Day 5 |
| Topic Crocodiles |
| Objectives/
I can ... Label maps to show the distributions of modern crocodilians. Label maps to show the distributions of the SuperCroc fossil discovery. Describe the ways modern crocodilians have adapted to their ecoregions |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework
Walking With Dinosaurs:
Giant Crocodiles 2:00
23 Species of
Crocodilians 1:06
Crocodilian Tribute
1:47
Crocodilian Domination
5:39
ALLIGATORS Alligator Territory Bellows :51 American Alligator 2:49 Baby Alligators 4:33 Hatching an Alligator 1:04
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| TEC |
Resources Super Croc
slide show National Geographic Croc Map
Clickable map of the world's |
| Day 6 |
| Topic Reptiles |
| Objectives/
I can ... Review and reinforce reptile concepts. Identify reptiles. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework
Return to Snake Road:
Herping With Dylan Part 1 7:48
Return to Snake Road:
Herping With Dylan Part 2 6:51
Reptile Show
6:43 Reptiles Science Explorer page 334 Reptile Matching Can you match 16 reptiles to
their descriptions?
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| TEC |
| Resources |
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| ALLIGATOR |
| American Alligator
Fact Sheet |
 American Alligator
Animals A to Z from the Oakland Zoo. |
| Gator Hole:
American Alligator This page is dedicated to the American
Alligator, an often maligned and generally misunderstood resident of the Southeastern
United States. |
| History of the Alligator |
| CROCODILES |
| Crocs-Then
and Now Complete lesson. |
| Clickable Croc Interactive
characteristics page. |
| Crocodilians:
Natural History and Conservation |
| Ferocious Crocs
from Animal Planet |
| EGGS |
| Ammonite Egg
Amphibians had to return to water to lay eggs. Reptiles were the first group to
live completely on the land. The ammoniate egg allowed them to place their eggs on
dry land, the water (amniotic fluid) was IN the egg. |
| GARTER SNAKE |
| Garter
Snake Fact Sheet |
| IGUANAS |
| Marine Iguana
Web Site Marine Iguanas
are certainly among the most unusual creatures in the Galapagos. |
| KOMODO DRAGON |
| Komodo
Dragon Fact Sheet |
| Komodo
Dragon The world's biggest and most powerful lizard. |
| LIZARDS |
| How many eggs do some
lizards lay? Use the Internet Web sites listed below
to learn how many eggs some different kinds of lizards lay. Use the Internet information
to fill in the chart. |
| Life
as a Lizard Unit |
| Lizard
Behavior List |
| Sonoran
Desert Lizard Behavior List |
| Bearded Dragons An Oakland Zoo site about an
Australian lizard. |
| Lizards
A live expedition with the American Museum of natural
History. Today's Dispatch,Lizards
of the World, Squirting Blood, Lizards
Without Dads, Send a Lizard E-Card |
| MOSASAUR |
| A Day in the Life of a Mosasaur |
| Mosasaur |
| Mosasaur
Skeleton Picture |
| MUSEUMS |
| Black Hills Museum of Natural History Information about Stan, the T. rex |
| Honolulu Community College - Dinosaur
exhibit Exhibit of dinosaur fossils available for public viewing. These "fossils" are replicas from the originals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which boasts one of the finest and largest collections of dinosaur fossils in the world. Includes lots of great pictures and images of heads, legs, teeth etc of some of the best known dinosaurs. Also includes sound files for a narrative tour around the site. |
| The
Field Museum Chicago - on line museum. Interactive Tour of Dinosaur exhibit - 'Sue' the T Rex. Includes step by step reconstruction of the T Rex's fossilized bones within the Image gallery. Also features a specialized 'just for kids' section - which includes lots of dinosaur related interactivity. |
| QUIZZES & TESTS |
 Rattlesnake Trivia Quiz
24 questions about the famous rattler!!!! |
| REPTILES |
| Reptile Classification
Chart |
 Reptile and
Amphibian Merit Badge requirements |
| Dangerous
Reptile Brochure You are a herpetologist, a person who studies reptiles and
amphibians for a living. Your job this week is to create an informative brochure on one
specific type of dangerous reptile. Use a reptile from the Dangerous
Reptile List or choose your own. |
| Lizards
and Snakes Coloring Book |
| Reptile Flashcards Snakes,
Lizards, turtles, Pterasaurs, Pleisosaurs, Icthyosaurs |
| Reptile
Information |
| Class
Reptiles View a slide show on reptile characteristics. |
| Reptiles of the Ancient Seas In
1811 the fossilized skeleton of a monster was found embedded in a rock. Scientists were
confused by what they saw: the shape of the creature was that of a fish, having a large
dorsal fin on the back and flippers. Other features, including a long, pointed jaw filled
with teeth, seemed more like a reptile. In the end they decided this strange creature
which they named an Ichthyosaur (meaning "fish-reptile") was definitely a
reptile despite its shape. |
| SNAKES |
| Snake
Game |
| Snake Anatomy Color diagram of the inside view
of a snake. |
| Snakes
and States A web site with information about the snakes you can
find in each individual state. |
| SUPER CROC |
| Giant Croc Was Length of School Bus |
| Super Croc from National
Geographic |
| Super
Croc Web Site |
| TURTLES |
| Care Sheets from the World
Chelonian Trust |
| Snapping
Turtle Information |
 Maine Turtle Species Loggerhead,
Eastern Box, Musk, Wood, Painted, Snappy, Spotted |
| Testudines
Orders of turtles from the University of Michigan. |
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|
 Ammonite Egg Read the article, color the diagram,
and answer the questions. |
| Biggest Snake in
the World Read this
article and then use this worksheet to answer the questions. |
| Case of
the Disappearing Frogs Welcome to "The Case of
the Disappearing Frogs" brought to you by the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Follow our saga
as we investigate. Take part in the OnLine investigation. Solve the
Crime? Bring me a written solution. |
| Dangerous
Reptile Brochure You are a herpetologist, a person who studies reptiles and
amphibians for a living. Your job this week is to create an informative brochure on one
specific type of dangerous reptile. Use a reptile from the Dangerous
Reptile List or choose your own. |
| How many eggs do some
lizards lay? Use the Internet Web sites listed below
to learn how many eggs some different kinds of lizards lay. Use the Internet information
to fill in the chart |
| Reptile Classification
Chart |
| Reptile Crossword Puzzle
Learn facts about 14 different reptiles. |
| Reptile Watch
Worksheet Fill in the chart by naming reptiles that fit
different categories. Then choose one reptile and observe its characteristics. |
| Reptile Word Search Can you find all 16 reptiles? |
| Snake Bit
You've been bitten by a snake! A Language Arts extra credit. |
Maps 
Field Trips
Computer
Book 
Games
