This
TopicQuest
was designed for Mrs. Jeanette Lynch's Second Grade Class at
Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary School
By Debra Spell, a Valdosta State Preservice Teacher
Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary School
By Debra Spell, a Valdosta State Preservice Teacher
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Snake! Snake! Does hearing
that
word send shivers of fear through your body? Snakes can be scary,
but
they are also beneficial to us. Some snakes are now on the endangered
species
list because they have been hunted and killed. Sometimes the color of
the
snake can help you tell if it is poisonous or not, but always use
caution
when you come upon a snake. Just take a look through the websites
below
to get a better understanding of snakes.
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What do you know about
snakes?
Want to learn more? Just take a look at the many different kinds
of snakes found at Jeff
Corwin's Slithering Heights (scroll down to "All Things Corwin" and
click on 'Snake Pit'). |
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Some snakes are
helpful
to people. Can you name a helpful snake that lives in South
Georgia
and is on the endangered
list? |
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Want to find out more about a
snake
that didn't want to be green? Verdi
liked his yellow skin just the way it was. |
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What is the only poisonous water snake in
North
America? The inside of it's mouth looks like cotton. |
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Red touch yellow, kill a
fellow.
Red touch black, venom lack. Take a look at red, yellow, and
black
snakes. |
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There are about 2,700
different
species of snakes. What portion of these do you think are
poisonous?
See what the encyclopedia at Fact Monster
has to say about it! |
| Mission Now that you have explored some snake websites, are you ready to have some fun? Pretend you are
on an outing with your family at the State Park. You spot a
nature trail winding through the woods and immediately set out to
explore. Hoping to get a glimpse of an animal, your eyes roam
back and forth, up and down. Then you see it! A SNAKE! It is not very big and
it's kind of skinny, but oh those colors! Red! Yellow! Black! But is it a poisonous snake? Or is
it a
harmless snake? Well thats what you are going to find out.
Mission Steps 1. Explore with
your teacher the Red,
Yellow, and Black Snakes information site
and find out how to tell if a snake with these three colors is
poisonous (coral snake) or non-poisonous (kingsnake).
2. Choose a snake with the red, yellow, and black colors and find out what kind of snake it is. Describe to your teacher what the color pattern is for this snake. Then, judging from the pattern, decide if the snake is poisonous or not. 3. Make a drawing of the snake you saw in the woods. Now look at the colors to see how they are connected. Underneath the picture write the name of the snake (coral snake or kingsnake) and write poisonous or non-poisonous according to the color pattern on it.   |
Some snakes are huge. Some snakes are tiny.
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