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What's a Reptile?

1 minutes 20 seconds

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Explore the narrator’s backyard to get an up-close look at some scaled friends. Students will learn about the characteristics of reptiles. Animals discussed include turtles, snakes, and lizards. Part of the "Everyday Science for Preschoolers" series.

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Runtime: 1 minutes 20 seconds

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Cycle showing eggs leading to tadpole; tadpole developing back legs and keeping tail; tadpole developing all four legs, losing some of the tail, and looking more like a frog; to an adult frog who produces eggs. Caption: to watch what happens to the eggs.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 1
1 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon image of an open book. Caption: Let's look inside this book and see.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 2
1 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: K - 2
A snake on a rock. Caption: All reptiles are cold-blooded,
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 3
1 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
School of fish swimming in a tank. Caption: Sometimes they sink like these rocks.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 4
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon of a child in a car seat riding in the backseat of a car looking out the window. Caption: I love looking out the window when I'm riding in the car.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 5
1 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon children on a playground. Caption: But kids like us play with simple machines every day.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 6
1 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon of a child in a classroom setting standing at the front of the class next to a skeleton. Caption: Your body's made of many parts that help you move and think.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 7
1 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Random objects placed on a table. Caption: Let's experiment to see what'll stick to a magnet
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 8
1 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
A bee gathering nectar from a flower. Caption: A honeybee is an insect.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 9
1 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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