Tortoises in the Classroom: Curriculum

Digging Around for the Facts, ...a webquest that promotes Tortoise Awareness

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• Mojave Max Emergence
  • http://www.redrockcanyon.blm.gov/PDF/Education/mmcelementary.pdf
  • http://www.redrockcanyon.blm.gov/PDF/Education/mmcsecondary.pdf
  • http://www.redrockcanyon.blm.gov/PDF/Education/MojaveMaxlessonplan.pdf
  • Max Activity Data

• Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area ~ Tortoise Terrain
  • Website student lesson
    • Teacher Lesson Plan
    • Worksheet 1
    • Worksheet 2
    • Test
  • Mojave Desert (General) Educational Lesson Plans from Red Rock NV.
    • Lesson 1, Lesson 2
    • Reptiles and Amphibians

• 42eXplore
  • Deserts
• Mini-Ecosystems
  • Classroom Desert Terrarium
• Coloring Book Pages
  • Gopher Tortoise
    US EPA - Endangered Species Picture Book: Desert Tortoise
  • Color Diagram and info for DT

• Lesson Plans
  • The Desert Tortoise
  • San Diego Zoo Puppet (Tortoise)
  • Desert Tortoise Activities from the Palm Springs Museum
  • First Grade WebQuests for Desert Animals (Desert Tortoise)
  • Teacher Curriculum Guides and Activity Books That Support Desert Studies
  • Measuring a Desert Tortoise (Classroom assignment)
  • Desert Animal WebQuest
  • Desert Animal WebQuest for 1st Graders!
  • Desert Plants and Adaptations
    http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/tplants.htm
    http://wps.wiscasset-ps.wiscasset.k12.me.us/3t2002/desert/activities.htm
  • How much water can a Desert Tortoise drink/consume in a day?
    
    
• Children’s Literature
  • Alejandro’s Gift
  • From the Pizza Hut, “Book-it” program, Children books about Desert Tortoises
  • Tortoise Poetry
  • One Day in the Desert, a book to get

Captive Tortoise Projects

• http://www.nrcd.org/aguafria/tortoise.htm
• Girl Scouts
• Girl Scouts, Joshua Tree Council ~ Desert Tortoise Patch
• Joshua Tree Kids Club Presents: HANDS OFF PARDNER!

Desert Tortoise through History

• Desert Tortoise and the Early People of the Western Deserts

Desert Tortoise Stamps