Radical Reptiles & Amazing Amphibians!

~ At my homeschool blog J.O.Y. Christian School, you will find an Animal Unit. ~ I created these when my children were doing a unit on mammals in 2009, but several of the items may be used when studying reptiles and amphibians, also. (Several other resources for mammals are also there!)

* Games: Animal Picture & Word Cards, Animal Parts of Speech Game, Alphabet Animal Sort Game, Animal Short & Long Vowel Game, Animal Syllable Sort Game, Compound Word Animals File Folder Game, Animal Vocabulary Cards
* Scientific Classification Labels: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
* Lapbook Pieces: 5 Kingdoms of Animals, What is a Vertebrate & Invertebrate? Mini Books, Classes of Invertebrates Mini Book, Classes of Vertebrates Mini Book, Classification Accordion Mini Books, Mammal Characteristics (I'll probably create others like this.).
* Notebook / Worksheet Pages: Dividers - Animal Kingdom, Sub-Kingdoms Vertebrate & Invertebrate, Phylum Chordates, Class Mammalia, Animal Notebook Pages, Animal Vocabulary Sheets, God's Amazing Animals
* Charts: Classification of Living Things Charts, Animal Line-Up Chart
* Worksheets: Rhyme, Unscramble, Spell, & Write
* Links: Classification Power Points, Creation Resources, Noah Resources

~ God's Animals Unit! ~ a collection of materials I collected and placed at the Lapbook Lessons website! Besides amphibians and reptiles, you will find all sorts of materials for every animal plus clip art sites, animal crafts links, and more.

~ The Learning Page: Reptiles & Amphibians Section has numerous materials for a fantastic unit study! You will find fact files for 20 different animals, funsheets (about 20 pages in math, 20 in language arts, and 20 in science for each grade PreK - 3rd), murals, cut-outs and clipart, lesson plans, teaching notes, and recommended reading lists. You have to become a member of the site, but it is free to use. For my second grader, the materials at this website alone would make a very thorough unit!
~ Animal Printable Worksheets from Enchanted Learning contain all types of animal activities related to science, language arts, math, and more! These pages are very informational! They make great resources to put in notebooks and lapbooks! Some pages are free, and others are by a small yearly membership fee.
~ ABC Teach has tons of wonderful worksheets, reading comprehension activities, coloring pages, shape books, writing forms, bookmarks, charts, games, graphic organizers, word searches, crosswords, and more!!! Great stuff!

~ *Animal Field Guides: You can search the guide under the class you are studying, then choose a particular family and animal. Ex) Amphibians-Salamander-Ringed Salamander. Each individual animal listing gives description, habitats, endangered status, basic info, and pictures. There is also a place where you can enter your zip code or region you are studying, and it will bring up animals native to that area. This site is easy to use and informative. There are almost 100 different amphibians and reptiles in their database.

~ About Animals at the BBC has info pages, videos, quizes, and games for all classifications of animals.
~ Learning Island has free downloadable books for kids and teachers. Click on "Book List" on the left side of the page. There are currently 3 books in the "Amphibians and Reptiles" section and 24 in the "Wildlife" section. Grade levels, teacher plans, and worksheets are given to use with some of the books.
~ Reptiles & Amphibians Links to powerpoints, lessons, activities, games, worksheets, and others from Mr. Donn's website. These are fun!

~ Animals of the Bible Dictionary - a few reptiles are listed.
~ Reptiles & Amphibians Activities at DLTK has all kinds of cool crafts and materials for children ~ dinosaurs, frogs, snakes, and other animals (alligator, chameleon, crocodile, turtle)!
~ Waterford Press has many fun puzzles, worksheets, drawing, quizes, and other animal activities when you join their site for free!
~ Create your own Board Game with pictures and text from Tools for Educators.
~ Identify these Amphibians & Reptiles and check the answer by clicking on them. Fun for early elementary!

Amphibians Lapbook with Study Guide:
A Journey Through Learning has created this fun learning book to help students find out about amphibians, salamanders, caecillians, and other delightful creatures then make their own lapbook to remember those details!

Snakes: Project Pack: This project pack contains 9 pages of background information, 16 interactive activities and 1 extension idea among the 59 page total ebook!

Lapbook Units & Templates
~ Animal Lapbook Units at Homeschool Share include the following. Many of the literature / lapbook unit studies include references to reptiles and amphibians, also. You may find them by using their search box.
* Crocodilians
* Freshwater Turtles
* Frogs
* Lizards
* Sea Turtles
* Turtles
* Snakes
* Desert Animals

~ Homeschool Helper has some animal lapbooks with mini books, notebook and coloring pages, and reading lists.
* Alligator Lapbook
* Frog Lapbook

~ Dynamic2Moms has a wonderful looking Frog & Toad Lapbook Unit!
~ Red Eared Sliders (Turtles) Lapbook from 1+1+1=1 Blog!

Notebooking
~ Animal Classification Pages ~ These are beautiful dividers for your notebook! ~ Vertebrates: Fish, Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles.
~ *Jeannie FulBright has created some beautiful notebook pages that coordinate with her "Exploring Creation" series of science books. Click on the "Flying Creatures" (a few flying reptile pages), "Land Animals" (starting on page 36), and "Swimming Creatures" (turtles and such) to download these free forms!! Wonderful pages!!
~ Many Animal Report Forms for notebooking and copywork are at Homeschool Share.
~ Find Animal Notebook Pages for alligators, frogs, turtle, sea turtle, and habitats (Arctic, Bamboo, Desert, Forest, Jungle, Mountain Cliffs, & Mountains) at Homeschool Helper.

Extras!
~ CalPhotos has thousands of photos of animals. These would be fantastic for lapbooks, notebooks, projects, reports, etcetera. Some are free and public domain, others have restrictions. Details are given for each photo.
~ Animal Clip Art is fun to add to your projects! Find a list of places to find some at this page I created in 2009.

Did you know that the word "amphibian" comes from an old Greek word "amhipbios"? The root word "amphi" means both or double and "bio" means life, therefore the word "amphibian" means "both life" or "double life". Why do you think they were given that name? Well, amphibians change in incredible ways during their lifetime! Find out more here!

~ The All About Frogs website has tons of fun stuff for learning about frogs!
~ All About Frogs for Kids and Teachers from Kiddyhouse has lots of fun information and facts, pictures, songs & poems, crafts, lesson plans, stories, clipart, animations, and videos.
~ Frogs at Kidzone contains activities, facts, and photos for early elementary kids.

~ Frogs & Toads Theme Page at Enchanted Learning has rhymes, crafts, printouts, quizzes, activities, and report forms.
~ Another fabulous lapbook unit from Dynamic 2 Moms! ~ Toads & Amphibians Unit. Learning materials, lapbook pieces, notebook pages, pictures, links, etcetera.
~ The Frog Lapbook at Homeschool Helper has 10 mini books, a notebook page, and a coloring page.
~ The Frog Lapbook at Homeschool Share has many mini books for a mix of ages along with information for you to complete the books.
~ Frog Activities at Kinder Printables contains froggie readers, bookmarks, number tracing, lacing cards, desk tags, attendance chart, count by 5's, letter tracing, puzzles, pocket charts, cutting practice, coloring sheets, alpha flip books, months of the year, days of the week, and cubbie tags!
~ Frog Banner, Certificates, and Teacher Pages and other frog manipulatives, worksheets, and materials from Pond Topics, and Sparkle Box Search.

~ Animal Planet presents "The Vanishing Frog"! Jeff Corwin leads you through froggie videos, photos, information, anatomy, endangered species, a quiz, and more!
~ The Magic School Bus Hops Home ~ 22 minute video.

~ The Virtual Frog Dissection webpage allows you to learn about the inner biology of a frog without hurting the dear animal! (Ha-hah! My poor daughter thought she was going to get out of doing a dissection in biology!)

Frog clipart thanks to Mr. Phillip Martin!

~ Alligators & Crocodiles Theme Page at Enchanted Learning has rhymes, crafts, printouts, and report forms.
~ All About Alligators section at Enchanted Learning!
~ The Alligator Lapbook at Homeschool Helper has 10 mini books, notebook and coloring pages.
~ The African Crocodile Booklet by Donnette Davis contains reading material and notebook pages.
~ Crocodilians Lapbook from Homeschool Share has two versions of the lapbook plus all the answers you need to complete the book.
~ Crocodile Greater / Less Than Math Manipulatives, Crocodile Game Mat, and a fun Crocodile Mask among other interesting things!

Alligator clipart thanks to Mr. Phillip Martin!

It's always so much fun to learn about these amazing giants! I prefer using creation based materials when talking about dinosaurs, but the following lists of dino pages contains both creation and evolution. I included these pages because I thought they had some helpful information. Choose as you wish! :-D

~ The Learning Page Dinosaur Section is similar to the reptile & amphibian section of the Learning Page site but focuses just on dinosaurs!
~ Dinosaurs ~ A Creation-Based Multi Book Unit from Homeschool Share!
~ Zoom Dinosaurs contains an amazing amount of information for kids about dinosaurs!!
~ Dinosaur Mini Units by Donnette Davis contain reading information, questions, and notebook pages.
~ Free Dragons or Dinosaurs Study Guide from Cloud Ten Pictures

Dinosaur clipart thanks to Mr. Phillip Martin!

~ Snakes at Kidzone contains activities, facts, and photos for early elementary kids!
~ The Snake Lapbook Unit at Homeschool Share has minis and complete information for you to use.
~ Snake Math Manipulatives for early elementary.

Snake clipart thanks to Mr. Phillip Martin!

~ An Introduction to Sea Turtles from Caribbean Conservation Corporation teaches information about sea turtles, their habitats and threats to their survival.
~ Turtle Activities at Kinder Printables has cool materials for PreS-1 on measuring, puzzle, counting by 5's, months of the year, ordinal numbers, days of the week, upper and lower case alphabet tracing, number tracing, and calendar numbers. (Scroll about half way down the page.)
~ The Sea Turtle and Turtle Lapbooks from Homeschool Share contain great information and mini books for you to create a cool lapbook!
~ The Red Eared Sliders (Turtles) Lapbook from 1+1+1=1 Blog is fun!
~ Turtle Banner, Certificates, and Teacher Pages at Sparkle Box.

Turtle clipart thanks to Mr. Phillip Martin!