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Sea Turtle Rescue
Students create a three column chart about working with wildlife and how different organizations help sea turtles. In this sea turtles lesson plan, students compare the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Coast Guard, and Sea World and what they...
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Turtles
In this turtles instructional activity, students label the turtles carapace and plastron and the answer seven short answer questions associated with turtles.
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Turtle Lesson
Students explore the five common turtles that are native to the eastern United States. They investigate each turtle's characteristics, environment, means of protection, eating habits, and show how they can help these turtles survive.
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Turtle Glyph
In this Turtle Glyph instructional activity, students color in different pieces of a turtle based on written directions. For example, "If you like turtles, color the 1 area green."
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Turtle Hibernation Maze
In this science learning exercise, 1st graders will help a turtle that has been hibernating all winter to get to a juicy strawberry in the center of a maze. Students will also answer two short questions about hibernation.
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Magnetic Turtles
Students encounter how magnetic forces affect the navigation ability of sea turtle hatchings. Research is done to find out where the true magnetic North Pole lies. Exploration is discussed on how many things here on earth are affected by...
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Loggerhead Turtle Fun Facts
Learners study loggerhead turtles and learn facts about reptiles. In this turtles lesson plan, students read information about loggerhead turtles and study their various sections and characteristics. Learners then make their own sea turtle.
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Turtle Fun Facts
In this turtles worksheet, students read two pages of facts about turtles. Students match four kinds of turtle pictures to their habitats.
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Sea Turtle Savvy
Students explore sea turtles. They create paper plate sea turtles and brainstorm other organisms that live in the sea turtle's habitat. They role-play scenes from a nonfiction book, A Baby Sea Turtle's Journey. They play a game...
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Comparing Two Turtles
Students compare and contrast the various observable features of two different turtles. in groups, they complete a visual analysis of the sea turtle and tortoise. Using their observations, they complete Venn Diagram of the observable...
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Sea Turtle Coloring and Activity Page
In this sea turtles worksheet, students color the labeled pictures of 7 species of sea turtles. Students fit the names in an unnumbered crossword that has no clues.
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Characteristics of Snakes and Turtles
Learners compare and contrast snakes and turtles, then fill out an information sheet.
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Turtle Tales
Students watch videos and fill out worksheets about the turtles and their journey to the Costa Rican beach. In this turtles lesson plan, students learn and discuss survival, predator and prey, and stages of development.
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Turtle Coloring Sheet
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students color a picture of a turtle. Vocabulary suggestions for discussion of the picture include turtle, cute, animal and big.
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Pond Turtle Maze
In this mazes worksheet, students explore the best avenue to assist a pond turtle find its friends by working through an interesting maze.
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Home Sweet Home
Students explore marine turtle habitats. Students research one species of marine turtle found in the Gulf of Mexico. They identify plants and animals in the habitat. They create a model or replica using information gathered through their...
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The Wheel of Trouble
What kind of troubles affect turtles? Learners create paper plate wheels to show four different hazards to sea turtles. Pupils color four segments of a picture to represent the overharvesting, changing beaches, pollution, and fishing...
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Novel Study
Many turtle species can retreat their heads into their shells when threatened by predators. With the Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing novel study, pupils conduct research to uncover other interesting turtle facts. As they explore Judy...
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Turtle Coloring Page
In this turtle coloring page, 2nd graders color a detailed black line picture of a turtle. They color the turtle according to directions given by the teacher.
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Turtle Coloring Page
In this turtle coloring page, 2nd graders color a detailed black line picture of a turtle with its neck stretched out. They follow teacher given directions to color the turtle.
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T Is For Turtle
In this printing letter T, students trace examples of upper and lower case letter T. Students color the word turtle and follow the directions to color upper and lower case examples of letter Tt.
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Turtle Coloring Puzzle (Addition and Subtraction Facts to 5)
Combine addition and coloring with this simple activity featuring a picture of a turtle. Learners color by number, but they must find the sum or difference of simple addition and subtraction problems to find each number. There are 13...
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What Do You Know About Reptiles?
Introduce reptiles to your class. Each slide provides a list of basic characteristics of snakes, lizards, crocodilians, turtles, tortoises, and tuataras. The last slide provides learners with the titles of a few books they can read if...
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Protecting the Critical Habitat of the Manatee and the Loggerhead Turtle
First graders research Belize and its landscape and animals on the included internet sites. The students complete activities/centers across the curriculum utilizing the facts they discovered.