Contents
Activity Binder
Activity NGSS
Herpetologist Key for Teacher
Background Information – Headstart Program
Make a Blanding’s Turtle
Become a Herpetologist
Wetland Food Web
Turtle Plastron Matching
Blanding’s Turtle Data
Design a Turtle Crossing
Road-Wetland Debate
Loose
Red-eared slider shell
Box 1
3D-printed Blanding’s Turtle
Painted turtle shell
Pond turtle skeleton in acrylic
Snapping turtle eggs
Snapping turtle skull
Raccoon skull
Muskrat pelt
Box 2
Photo deck
Book – A Blanding’s Turtle Story, by Melissa Kim
Book – A Turtle’s Dangerous Journey, by Mary Ellen Klukow
Pocket Guide – Reptiles & Amphibians
Pocket Guide – Pond Life
Benthic Macroinvertebrates ID plate
Box 3
10 reference photos of known turtle plastrons (3 sets)
4 photos of unknown turtle plastrons (3 sets) – SET A for grades 9-12
5 laminated turtle plastrons (4 sets) – SET B for grades 4-8
10 hand lenses
Box 4
Food Scales (3)
Box 5
Wetland food web cards
