Resources for Teachers
A Teacher's Guide to Reptiles
Printed curriculum materials designed to provide an educational and enjoyable experience for your students' visit to the Reptile exhibit are available. Grade-leveled components are not included here.
- Introduction
- Exhibit Themes
- Background What is a reptile? Reptile evolution. Reptile eggs and young. Reptile skin, metabolism, and defense.
- Reptile Orders Characteristics of each of the five orders of reptiles living today: lizards and snakes; turtles and tortoises; alligators, crocodiles, and caimans; tuatara; and dinosauria.
- References for students and teachers