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Leapin' Lizards (SuperScience)

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Introduce younger students to squamates and some of scaly lizards and snakes that are part of this group of animals. Then put their exhibit-designing skills to the test.


Leapin' Lizards (SuperScience): Grades 3-6



  • More About This Resource...

    • This online article is from the Museum's Science Explorations, a collaboration between AMNH and Scholastic designed to promote science literacy. Written for students in grades 3-6, this article from SuperScience magazine has the following content.

      • An interview with AMNH herpetologist Darrel Frost, in which he discusses the upcoming Lizards & Snakes: Alive exhibition
      • A hands-on activity, Create an Exhibit, that challenges students to design a museum exhibit that includes lizards and snakes

    • Completion Time

      Less than 1 period

    • Teacher Tip

      Supplement a study of biology with an activity drawn from this online Science Explorations article.

      1. Send students to this online article, or print copies of it for them to read.
      2. Working in small groups, have students complete the hands-on activity, Create an Exhibit.
      3. As a class, review the groups' exhibit plans. Were students in agreement about the environment needed for a Green Iguana? About which two animals not to include in the exhibit?

    • Topic

      Biology

    • Subtopic

      Animals