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Leapin' Lizards

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders lure lizards with different foods and observe what the lizard eats.  In this animal behavior instructional activity, 3rd graders discover how lizards eat and their behaviors when more than one lizard is present. Students...
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Wild Moving Lizard Sculpture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Lizards are amazing! After a lesson on reptiles, take a look at this set of instructions. You'll be able to guide your class in making a paper lizard sculpture that moves. This idea also includes variations on the paper technique used...
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What Do You Know About Reptiles?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Cool It

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students simulate lizard temperature regulation. In this Science lesson, students use a thermometer as a pretend lizard. Students must keep their lizard within a particular temperature range while moving through a specified course.
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Side Blotched Lizard Maze

For Students 7th - 8th
In this mazes worksheet, students find the best strategy to assist a side-blotched lizard find its prey to eat through an intriguing maze.
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Aboriginal Dreamtime Symbols

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners create their own dreamtime symbols in the style of modern Aboriginal culture. They are told that aboriginal art is very important in native Australian culture. Students locate Australia on a world map. They find pictures of...
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Counting to 10 sheet 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this counting worksheet, learners count the number of spots on each lizard up to the number 10. Students count the spots on 4 lizards.
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Righteous Reptiles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scientists write and draw about their knowledge of reptiles. They also view a nature video focusing on lizards and snakes, complete a chart comparing and contrasting them. Next, they focus on the defense mechanisms that they...
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Radical Reptiles

For Students 4th - 7th
In this reptiles worksheet, students read about reptiles and then answer 10 questions about what they just learned. The answers are on the last page.
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Reptiles

For Students 9th - 12th
For 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.
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Bank On It: Rainforest

For Students 6th - 7th
In this science worksheet, students fill in 29 blanks in an article about lizards of the rainforest. Word choices are included in the word box at the beginning of the worksheet.
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Lizards

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recall lizards from the text and report their important traits. The teacher adds the information to the map. They watch the map expand while it organizes all of the lizards and their characteristics.
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Spark Activity: Snakes and Lizards

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are divided into 2 groups: "snakes" and "lizards." Lizards move about the room in a way designated by the teacher, while snakes remain on their "rock" holding a given object and perform a balancing movement. Lizards guess what...
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Be an Artist: Frilled Lizard

For Teachers 3rd
For this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a frilled lizard.
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Picture Scramble: Legless Lizard, Frilled Lizard, Bluetongue

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, learners examine images of a legless lizard, frilled lizard and bluetongue. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place...
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What Is A Dinosaur?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use the question of "What is a dinosaur?" in order to establish the context for a class investigation. They use a variety of resources in order to gather information. Students compare and contrast the similarities or differences...
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Joseph Raffael

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine and discuss a painting of a lizard by the artist Joseph Raffael. They list descriptive words about the lizard, and write a Cinquain and create a painting about a lizard.