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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Using DNA to Explore Lizard Phylogeny

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In a fun and interactive two-day lesson, learners sort anole lizard pictures by appearance. Next, they watch a video about the anoles and re-sort based on the information in the video. In addition to physical characteristics, budding...
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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 lesson, 3rd graders discover how lizards eat and their behaviors when more than one lizard is present. Students create their own...
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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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Heating and Cooling a Really Large Lizard

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Remind your middle school scientists how fox ear size varies depending on the climate they live in; large ears allow heat loss while small ears keep heat in. Discuss how a cold-blooded animal might try to regulate body temperature. Then...
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California Academy of Science

Snakes and Lizards Length and Movement

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Snakes and lizards can be very tiny or very long. Your class will get out their rulers to see just how big snakes and lizards can be. They discuss several different reptiles by reading the included animal fact cards, then each small...
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Lizard Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
In this detailed and comprehensive multi-day activity, budding evolutionary biologists use real data from lizard populations in the Canary Islands to examine evolution and natural selection. 
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Lizard Maze

For Students 7th - 8th
In this mazes worksheet, students determine the most efficient strategy to help a lizard find its favorite shady spot through an intriguing maze.
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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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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Using DNA to Explore Lizard Phylogeny

For Students 7th - 12th
On the Caribbean islands, lizards expanded into different niches instead of competing for resources. Scholars discuss and learn from experts in a video how scientists prove the theory. They build phylogenetic trees based on appearances...
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GeoGebra

Leaping Lizards

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Transform lizards onto different locations. The interactive provides a diagram of a lizard and several locations. Pupils use their knowledge of transformations to move the lizard to the different locations and use the tools of GeoGebra...
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Australian Aborigine Lizard Painting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students become familiar with Australian "dot paintings." For this Australian Aboriginal Lizard painting lesson, students make illustration of three types of lizards and complete pictures using "dot painting." Students recognize the...
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Lizard and Bullfrog

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, learners compare a lizard and an amphibian. They answer several short questions and color in the pictures.
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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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Desert Discoveries

Lizard Dash!

For Teachers 3rd
Here is a terrific learning game that has pupils acting like lizards! Before the game starts, there is a class discussion on the differences between endotherms and exotherms. The main focus of the game is how each team must keep their...
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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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Leapin' Lizards

For Students K - 2nd
The lizard needs to leap from rock to rock without getting bitten! Each rock has a word on it, but watch out for snakes! The safe rocks start with the same sound as lizard, and they can be colored purple. Give your learners a fun...
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Lizard Maze

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this maze instructional activity, students find their way through the maze in order to help Lizzy the lizard, who is at the top of the page, get to the end.
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Worksheet
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Vocabulary Study Booklet for "The Lizard and the Sun"

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students cut apart ten small vocabulary cards, study the words on each, put them in alphabetical order, and use each in a sentence. Students staple the word cards into a booklet. All words pertain to The...
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Lizard Maze

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this lizard maze worksheet, students study a maze to figure out the most efficient route for Lizzy to get through the maze at the bottom of the worksheet.
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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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Desert Discovery

Leaping Lizards

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Here is a fine biology instructional activity that introduces youngsters to reptiles. They study their feeding habits, their habitats, and the adaptations they must make to survive in their environments. The outstanding instructional...
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Aboriginal Dreamtime Symbols

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students 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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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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Picture Scramble: Legless Lizard, Frilled Lizard, Bluetongue

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For 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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