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Handout
Other

Tortuga Gazette: Diamondback Terrapin

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on the Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin.
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Handout
Other

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: The Archelon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Archelon was the largest sea turtle ever to exist. The best specimen found, on display in Vienna, would have been fifteen feet, or four and a half meters, long when alive, and likely weighed two and a quarter tons, or 2,200...
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Website
Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Reptiles of Sydney Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Sydney Harbour has a large variety of reptile species roaming through its sandstone gullies and ridges. Learn about the turtles, lizards and snakes of Australia.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Explorers: Ocean Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan explores how human activity has an impact on turtles, sea otters, and dolphins in different parts of the world. Your learners will read field reports from the sites and evaluate data that is offered.
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Shakespeare Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only is Shakespeare famous for his plays, but for his sonnets and songs, as well. View his poems here, including "The Phoenix and the Turtle", "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day", and other sonnets.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Back From the Brink

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about animals that are on the brink of extinction, including the following: bald eagle, grizzly bears, Hawaiian sea turtles, and Southern sea turtles. This...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Breathing

For Students 9th - 10th
Breathing shows an underwater scene and asks the students to answer the question, How do the people, fish and turtle get the oxygen they need?
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Various Poetry by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of the full text of four poems by William Shakespeare: A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, The Phoenix, and the Turtle Venus and Adonis.
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Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Bidding Farewell to Lonesome George

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look back on the life of the Galapagos turtle Lonesome George, the last living member of a subspecies of giant tortoise.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: What's in the Oceans? Amazing Ocean Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the animals found in the ocean including: sea turtles, sea urchins, starfish, sea horses, and clownfish. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to use pictures and context clues to discover a missing word and to draw conclusions about a story. Students also use...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Introduction to Logo Programming

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Excellent introduction to LOGO programming. Get started learning the basics of how to write procedures using the Logo programing language to get that "turtle" to move around and draw pictures. It sharpens your problem-solving,...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Introduction to Logo Programming

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Excellent introduction to LOGO programming. Get started learning the basics of how to write procedures using the Logo programing language to get that "turtle" to move around and draw pictures. It sharpens your problem-solving,...
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Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Animals on the Move

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about migration and the need for certain animals to move in order to survive. Links to a matching memory game with migratory animals. Animals include wood stork, Demoiselle crane, Siberian crane, Barrows goldeneye ducks, King...
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Instructional Video
Other

Shark Friends: Swim in Theatre

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In order to completely access this site users will need QuickTime or Real Player. Site provides users with multiple videos about sharks and other sea creatures. Provides users with videos on Reef Sharks, Manta Rays, Moray Eels, Sea...
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Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decolonizing the Map: Creating the Indigenous Mapping Collective

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For many Indigenous communities, mapping plays a large role in reclaiming their lands. Mapping is not new to Indigenous peoples, in fact, some of the world's earliest maps can be seen in cave paintings or heard in the stories that have...
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Handout
Other

Turtle Hill: Black Kettle (1813 1868)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biographical information on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle. Includes information about the Sand Creek Massacre.
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Instructional Video
Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary: Subordinating Conjunctions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This is a video lesson about subordinating conjunctions including a definition, examples, a list of common subordinating conjunctions, and how to use them to combine sentences.
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Instructional Video
Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary: What Is a Synonym?

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This is a video about synonyms including a definition, examples, and how to use them in your writing.
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Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary: Identifying the Correct Demonstrative Determiner

For Students K - 1st Standards
Take this quiz to test your understanding of determiners.
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Website
Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary: Educational Games for Kids

For Students K - 1st
This award-winning educational website offers 1000+ learning activities that are both interactive and educational. TurtleDiary activities are compatible with grade levels K-5 and provide opportunities to enhance material retention and...
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Activity
University of Guelph

Discover Canada's Aquatic Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides users with information regarding the different aspects of reptiles inhabiting Canada. Offers links to references, snakes and lizards, turtles and reptile families.
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Interactive
Other

Google: Wildlife Tracking

For Students 9th - 10th
Get ready to track Adelite, a sea turtle, as she migrates across the Pacific Ocean. This tracking was done by satellites and students can use the tools on the website to learn about their journey.
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Word Turtle (Make a Word Search Game)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Create word searches three different ways. Make puzzles from your own word lists, find puzzles based on popular books, or select FunBrain-created puzzles at different levels of difficulty.

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