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Snake Facts!

From Mr. DeMaio

Snake Facts!
21 min2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

Mr. DeMaio shares facts about snakes and how they hunt and survive without limbs. A short, high-energy Mr. DeMaio explainer (21 min) — great as a lesson hook, a review at a station, or a quick brain-boost the whole class can watch together.

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All ages
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Discussion questions

Discussion

Use these after watching “Snake Facts!.”

  1. What is the most surprising or important thing you learned in this video?
  2. Where might this come up in real life — at a zoo, in a garden, or out in nature?
  3. What is one question you still have, and how could you find out the answer?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: adaptation, habitat, survive, structure, trait.

Try it: 1) Write down two facts you learned in “Snake Facts!” and one question it made you wonder about. 2) Draw or explain the main idea to a partner in your own words.