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A Short Report on Snakes- Little Book

For Students 3rd
In this science and writing instructional activity, 3rd graders fill in 24 blank lines with information about snakes. They fold the page along dotted lines to make the book. They see a clip art graphic of a snake on the cover but there...
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A Short Report on Snakes- Little Book

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this science and writing worksheet, students fill in 24 blank lines with information about snakes. They fold the page along dotted lines to make the book. They see a clip art graphic of a snake on the cover but there are no...
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Sparkling Serpent

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read and discuss "Claire and the Friendly Snakes" by Lindsey Tate. They use their imaginations to design and create unique serpent masks. Students practice the skills of observation, comparison, and contrasting.
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Teacher Printables

My Mini Book About …

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This is one of several printable pages on which little life scientists can write out their research on an assigned animal. The highlighted page is for alligator research, but several other animal pages are included as other materials....
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The Effects of Colloidal Silver on Microbial Growth: Investigating Snake Oil Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can your classes solve the problem of the smelly sweat sock? Young scientists complete a lab investigation that begins by using electrochemistry to generate colloidal silver. They use their solutions to test the rate of microbial growth...
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Animals in the Wild

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the role of snakes in an ecosystem and discover how snakes warn us that they are dangerous. They view and discuss a Discovery Channel video showcasing snakes in the wild then break into small groups to research a...
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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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Weird Flying Creatures

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students write and create a creature that is unusual to fly. In this flying creatures lesson plan, students research flying fish, snakes, squirrels, and more, and list their traits and create one in groups.
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Rattling Review

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders watch a PowerPoint presentation, and distinguish between facts and myths about snakes.  In this snakes lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss and review facts about snakes and summarize what they have inferred from the...
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Mouse...Mouse...Snake!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this activity as an anticipatory set to warm up for a instructional activity on predator/prey relationships. Pupils will play a round of "Duck, Duck, Goose," substituting the ducks and geese for two animals that have a predator/prey...
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Traveling Through Literature

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Integrate geography with literature in this interdisciplinary lesson. Begin by reading a poem such as The Time We Climbed Snake Mountain by Leslie Marmon Silko. On a large map, place push pins in the cities or states mentioned. An...
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Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this reptiles worksheet, students identify and label the different parts of reptiles. They complete 10 short answer questions after reading the information provided in the worksheet.
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Bats: Need Nectar, Will Travel

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Beginning wildlife biologists become adult bats, baby bats, snakes, owls, bobcats, or land-clearing developers in a grand role-playing activity. In a large open space, they play a game in which they move to designated areas based on what...
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Desert Drama

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars read both fiction and nonfiction books with desert themes. Then they write desert stories and reports, reviewing texts for information to include in writing. Students also design desert scenes with details and setting...
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Twisty Noodle

Animal Action Cards Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
Can you stomp like a elephant? Or slither like a snake? Use these animal cards to get your little monkeys moving! Each card features an illustration and action word that matches the animal.
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Reptiles

For Students 9th - 12th
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.
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Animals Around the World

For Teachers K
Students study different kinds of animals and what group they belong to.  In this animal classification lesson students view different animals and sort them by what group they belong to, for example a snake is in the reptile group. 
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Links in a Food Chain

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Little ones make costumes and act out a rhyme in which there are daisies, bugs, wrens, snakes, and foxes that all interact in a food web. This would be a memorable activity for primary life scientists to participate in as a wrap-up to a...
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The Art of Adaptation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine and discuss animal adaptation. They read an article about snakes, conduct research on ways animals adapt, develop a diagram, and write a short story written from the perspective of the animal they researched.
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What Is Energy? Short Demos

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in three short, hands-on, in-class demos which expand students' understand of energy. First, using peanuts and heat, students see how the human body burns food to make energy. Then, they create paper snake mobiles to...
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Bats and Boas Abound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate Puerto Rican boa constrictors and bats. In this animal science activity, students read an article about the bats and snakes found in Puerto Rico. Students use various art supplies to create a diorama of the habitat...
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The Reptiles

For Students 5th - 8th
In this reptiles worksheet, students match 9 terms from a word list to the statement that it completes. Then students write 1 short paragraph about how they feel about reptiles.
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Animal Signs Word Search

For Students 4th - 6th
Although this animal and environment word search has little educational merit, it may serve as a vocabulary review tool for scholars new to these terms. The words students must find include camouflage, interdependent, muskrat, food...
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The Effects of Heat and Acid on the Enzyme Catalase

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How quickly do enzymatic reactions occur? Assist the class as they examine heat and pH change to determine the rate of chemical reactions using catalase as an enzyme. Watch them "glow" with excitement!

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