Academy of American Poets
Teach This Poem: “The Everglades” by Campbell McGrath
Florida's Everglades come alive for young environmental scientists as they watch a video taken in the park and read a poem about the watery paradise. After a careful study of the two resources, class members consider the function of the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Vertebrate Circulatorium
When you get to the heart of the matter, you learn a lot about an organism by studying its circulatory system! A perfect resource for a zoology or anatomy class, the simulation gives users a peek inside a variety of vertebrates to...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Sizing Up the Supersize Croc
Learners examine and compare traits of humans and crocodiles. In this crocodile lesson students use a ratio to estimate the height of a person and compare that to a crocodile.
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Crocodiles
Students study crocodiles and how they have survived and adapted over time. In this crocodiles lesson plan students research information on crocodiles.
Curated OER
GENTLE JAWS?
Learners experiment with carrying eggs to simulate a mother crocodile's gentle grip as she carries her eggs/young. They compare different modern tools to the jaws of a crocodile.
Curated OER
Board Game
In this multiplication worksheet, learners play a board game where they have to multiply numbers and land on other problems or a monkey or crocodile. Students complete 20 problems.
Curated OER
Crocodile: Print and Color
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "crocodile," write the word independently, and color the picture of the crocodile.
Curated OER
Alligators and Crocodiles Word Search
In this alligators and crocodiles instructional activity, 3rd graders locate 17 words associated with alligators and crocodiles in a word search puzzle. They find the words that are listed under the puzzle on a page that has a photograph...
Curated OER
Reptiles
In this reptiles worksheet, students review reptile adaptations, amniotic egg, and the characteristics of the different reptile groups. This worksheet has 8 fill in the blank and 19 matching questions.
Curated OER
Alligator Drawing
In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of an alligator up on his hind legs. Students color the picture.
Curated OER
Croc or Gator?
Students study the similarities and differences between crocodiles and alligators using online information. They develop a Venn diagram based on their research.
Curated OER
Concertina Crocs!
For this drawing worksheet, students make a crocodile that continues to grow to bigger by following the 5 steps listed in order to practice motor skills by drawing, cutting, and folding.
Curated OER
Alligator and Crocodile Research
Second graders complete a KWL chart on alligators and crocodiles. They brainstorm questions that they want to answer in their research of alligators and crocodiles. Students read Snap A Book About Alligators and Crocodiles and Zoobooks...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Crocodiles!
This PBS Nova site lists a table of contents on subjects involving the Crocodile. How did they outlive the dinosaurs? What makes them tick? What are the different types of crocodiles?
Other
Zoo Lab a Website for Animal Biology: The Reptiles
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...
Other
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
This webpage is loaded with detailed information on the Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman crocodile. Extremely in-depth coverage, including several detailed photos.
Other
Crocodilian Species List
This website offers in-depth information and photos on all living crocodilian species.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Why Crafty Crocodiles May Be Sleeping With Eye Open
New research on the sleeping behavior of crocodiles. Includes video.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Nile Crocodile
A great multi-media National Geographic site including video and audio clips all about crocodiles. There are fun facts and you can send a post card to a friend.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Reptile Recovery Center
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,...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Alligators & Crocodiles
This resource provides detailed facts about alligators and crocodils, including how to distinguish between a crocodile and an alligator, information on their eating habits, how a mama crocodile protects her young, and more. There are...
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Crocodiles
Explore the fascinating world of the crocodile by learning about its family, distribution, behaviors, habitats, and classification through news, photos, descriptions, and external links.