Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Extension Activities

TURTLE RESEARCH

By Emily & Jenna

An outside part of a turtles shell is called carapace. The belly is called the plastron.

Turtles are one of the oldest reptiles on the planet.

Turtles skin tones are all different colours, shells are commonly colored brown, black or olive green.

The first turtle existed 200 million years ago and there is about 300 species of turtles.

Turtles are cold blooded, also after a turtle has mated it sometimes takes the female four years till they have their eggs.

The turtles shell is made up of 60 different bones altogether.

Did you know? that turtles live in nearly every content except Antarctica! What a life a turtle must have!!!