Grade 1 Rad Reptiles Pre-visit Review
Synopsis
A 60-minute program offered to 1st grade students. Students learn
about the characteristics that make a reptile a reptile and how those
characteristics help them to survive in different ecosystems. They will
learn about reptiles of the past and meet and touch modern reptiles.
The Junior Herpetologists will sharpen their observation and
vocabulary skills by learning how to talk like a herpetologist as they
earn the opportunity to encounter real reptiles in an exciting game of
charades. (Science Standards: 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e.) Tuition: $5/student
(minimum 20, maximum 40 per session).
Aspects of this program also correlate with California’s Environmental
Principles and Concepts from the Education and the Environment
Initiative (Assembly Bill 1548 and 1721).
Objectives
Students will be able to:
Describe the life cycle of various reptiles.
Learn how to make sound observations.
Identify anatomy of reptiles
State the ecological role of various reptiles
Distinguish the difference between a reptile and an amphibian
Vocabulary & Concepts to Review:
Animals produce offspring of their own kind and they resemble their
parents and one another.
Life cycles are different for different animals, such as butterflies, frogs,
and mice.
Scales are the protective outer layering of reptiles.
Reptiles have variable blood temperature.
Reptiles lay eggs
Reptiles breathe with their lungs.
Curriculum Covered
• 2a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of
environments and have external features that help them thrive in different
kinds of places.
• 2b. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food,
and plants need light.
• 2c. Students know animals eat plants or other animals for food and may also
use plants or even other animals for shelter and nesting.
• 2d. Students know how to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their
teeth (e.g., sharp teeth: eats meat; flat teeth: eats plants).
• 2e. Students know roots are associated with the intake of water and soil
nutrients and green leaves are associated with making food from sunlight.