Crocodilia Order

Introduction

In this webquest, you will learn all about the order of reptiles known as the Crocodylia. There are four species in the Crocodylian Order: alligators, crocodiles, caimans and gharials.

The essential question are:

What is common among the four main species of the Crocodylian Order?

What are differences among the four main species?

How has this order managed to survive for so many years?

Task

You will be using websites to complete the tasks in this webquest. Record your information on the form. Once the form is done, you will use it to create your Power Point slides.

After you have completed all the tasks, you will create (4) slides in your Power Point Science Journal, one slide for each of the species. Be sure to get a lot of good information about each species!

Process

Let's begin!

Use any of these links to find out the information on your form about the:

Crocodile:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/crocodile.html

http://crocodilefacts.weebly.com/crocodile-facts-for-kids.html

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/crocodile_facts/27/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/crocodile/Amcrocprintout.shtml

video:

http://www.natgeotv.com.au/videos/animal-encounters-with-ben-britton/crocodiles-and-alligators-1620.aspx

Alligator:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/alligator.html