Animals: Snakes
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| Animals: Snakes |
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Description:
| Learn about the characteristics, descriptions, habitat, and behavior of snakes. There are photographs, videos, and quizzes on these reptiles. Covers a variety of species, including rattlesnakes, cobras, anacondas, and more. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Resource Links:
| Snakes of Missouri
Site from the Missouri Department of Conservation lists the different snake species found in Missouri along with pictures and short descriptions of each snake. The reading level is for older students.
Interactive Guide to Massachusetts Snakes
Students can use this site as a tool for identifying snakes based on coloration patterns.
More Snake Pictures
This page offers excellent up close photos of snakes. Images load very quickly.
National Geographic: King Cobra
The most creative snake site found on the web. This site has great information, images, and video clips of king cobras and makes it fun to navigate by clicking on different parts of the snake.
Animal Planet:
Click on the snake names to learn about each species. Includes photographs.
The Snakeman
This short story about how a boy and his love for snakes saves the school uses Shockwave to enhance the site.
Extreme Science: Animal World Records
Find out which snake is the biggest in the world along with other animal record-holders.
Hanging Snake
Make your own hanging snake that coils and uncoils in the breeze.
Rattlesnakes
This site explains the parts of a rattlesnake. the diagram can be printed out for kids to color.
Anaconda
The anaconda is the biggest snake in the world. This page can be printed out for coloring.
Rattlesnake Museum
Learn all about the different types of rattlesnakes. The reading level is for older students.
San Diego Zoo
Learn about the different types of rattlesnakes and view many photographs.
eThemes Resource: Animals: Missouri Snakes
These sites are about Missouri snakes, including Osage copperheads, timber rattlesnakes, bullsnakes, and prairie kingsnakes. Learn about the physical characteristics, food, reproduction, habitat, and behavior of each species. Includes several photographs of these snakes and some charts highlighting the similarities among species.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
4.1, 4.3, 6.2, 8, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1
AR Standards:
LS.2.1.1, LS.2.1.2, LS.2.2.2, LS.4.2.2, LS.2.3.1, LS.4.4.1, LS.4.4.2, LS.4.5.14.a, LS.4.5.14.e, LS.2.6.1.a, LS.2.6.1.b, LS.2.6.1.c, LS.2.6.4.a, LS.2.6.4.b, LS.2.6.4.d, LS.2.6.4.e, LS.2.6.4.f, LS.2.6.4.g, LS.3.6.5.a, LS.3.6.5.d, LS.3.6.5.e, LS.3.6.7.j, LS.4.6.1
IL Standards:
12.A.1a, 12.A.1b, 12.B.1a, 12.B.1b, 12.A.2a, 12.B.2a, 12.B.2b, 12.A.3c, 12.B.3b
ME Standards:
A.1, A.2, B.1, C.1, C.2, D.2, D.4, A.1, A.3, B.1, B.3, B.4, A.3, B.2, B.4, D.3
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 3.5, 3, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3.1.A.a, 3.1.D.b, 3.1.D.d, 4.1.A.a, 4.1.A.a, 4.1.A.b, 4.1.D.a, 4.2.A.b, 4.2.A.c, 4.3.C.b, 4.3.C.c, 4.3.C.d, 3.1.D.a, 3.1.E.a, 3.1.E.c, 3.1.E.d, 3.1.A.a, 3.1.C.a, 4.1.B.a, 4.1.B.b, 4.1.D.a, 4.1.D.b, 3.1.A.a, 3.1.D.a
NV Standards:
L.2.C.2, L.2.C.3, L.2.D.1, L.5.C.3, L.5.C.5, L.5.D.1, L.5.D.3, L.8.C.2, L.8.C.3, L.8.C.4, L.8.D.1
OH Standards:
2.A.1, 2.B.2, 2.B.3, 2.A.1, 2.A.5, 2.B.2, 2.B.7, 2.B.2, 2.B.3, 2.B.3, 2.C.4, 2.C.5, 2.C.6, 2.C.8, 2.C.2, 2.C.6
UT Standards:
II.1.a, II.1.c, II.2.a, II.2.b, V.2.a, V.2.b, V.2.c, V.2.d, V.3.b, V.2.a, V.2.c, V.2.d, II.2.a
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