(While researching your reptile, you may take handwritten notes or copy and paste your facts into a Microsoft Word document.)

1. You will randomly select a reptile in the general education classroom.

2. Visit the Yahoo! Kids website and find three basic facts about reptiles in general to use in your article:

http://kids.yahoo.com/animals/reptiles

3. Visit the following website and locate two fun facts about reptiles to use in your article:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/Kids/html/reptiles.htm

4. Explore the National Geographic Kids website ( http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/) and follow the steps below:

* Select your reptile at the bottom of the screen and read about your reptile. Choose five facts to use in your article.

* Select the video & sound tab and watch a short clip about your reptile. Choose one new fact to include in your article.

* Select the map tab and print the map where your reptile can be found. This map will be included as part of your article. You will also need to write a sentence about where your reptile can be found to use in your article.

5. Visit the following website and print a picture of your reptile. Color your reptile. This will be included as part of your article.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/printouts.shtml

6. In your own words, use the information you have collected to create a well-written resarch paper about your reptile. This paper should be typed in Microsoft Word.

7. Turn in your typed paper along with your notes, the map, and colored picture of your reptile.

8. The articles will be bound together in the general education classroom to create the class science magazine on reptiles.