Turtle Toodling

                                      Eastern box turtles 

by Dawn Critchfield

Introduction

Standards

Objectives

Activities

Assessment

Results

Resources

Subject:  Science 
Topic:  Life Sciences 
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Student Lessons: http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~critchf/stud
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StandardsAddressed 
Third Grade
Life Sciences
3.  Adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organism's chance for survival. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know plants and animals have structures that serve different  functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.

b. Students know examples of diverse life forms in different environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and wetlands.

Instructional Objectives
 

1.  During a visit at the Turtle Toodling Web site, students will identify at least 5 structures and explain how they help a Box Turtle survive.

2.  While searching on the Turtle Toodling Web site, students will record at least 3 food sources of a Box Turtle.

3.  Before leaving the Turtle Toodling Web site, students will describe the habitat of a Box Turtle. 
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Student Activities
     Students will explore Box Turtles and present power point presentations.

Introductory Activity
     Students will explore the movement and body structure of a live Box Turtle in the classroom.  Students will brainstorm on a KWL chart , what they know,  and what they want to know about the Box Turtle.  Students will spend a day with Be, the Box Turtle, a fun site for a peek at what is to come.  http://www.soultones.com/gallery.html
Teacher will give the "instructional objectives" of what students will be able to do and what they will know because of this project. 

Enabling Activity(ies)
     In pairs, students will explore the Turtle Toodling student activity page and link to other information sites. Looking for new  information on Box Turtles, students will  complete a partner web hunt on the internet.  Students will look at the structures, food sources, and habitats of Box Turtles. 
 

Culminating Activity
     Students will develop a power point presentation to share information they have found about  the survival of Box Turtles.  Each presentation will contain 4 slides:  Title, Structure, Food, Habitat.
 

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Pre-test (web page)

Pre-test (word document)  You can change this form to suit your needs.

Post-test (web page)

Post-test (word document)  You can change this form to suit your needs.
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Results

Test results can be found on Excel (worksheet)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
http://www.soultones.com/gallery.html
 

Enabling Activity
http://www.soultones.com/gallery.html
web hunt (document)
http://www.crosswinds.net/~theturtlepages/misc/turtle.html
http://encarta.msn.com/find/MediaMax.asp?pg=3&ti=761567017&idx=461518448
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5504/ant.html
http://encarta.msn.com/find/MediaMax.asp?pg=3&ti=761567017&idx=461514733
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761567017
http://mcnet.marietta.edu/~mcshaffd/boxt/boxt.html
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/terrapen.html
http://encarta.msn.com/find/MediaMax.asp?pg=3&ti=761575263&idx=461530178
http://versaware.animalszone.lycos.com/template/getpage.asp?abspage=/articles/049000a/049000260.html
http://www.soultones.com/gallery4.html
http://www.micronet.net/users/~turtles/pondfolder/pond.html
http://tao.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ping/herps/turtles.html
 
 
 

Culminating Activity
powerpoint rubric (web page)
powerpoint rubric (document)
 
 

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