Lesson Title: The Captive Lives of Reptiles
Type of Web 2.0 Tool: Wiki
SOL and Secondary Objectives Related to the Lesson: Biology/Zoology/Animal Husbandry Science
Brief Description of Overall Lesson:
In this lesson students will read The Lives of Captive Reptiles by Hans-Gunter Petzold, a staple piece of literature in herpetological husbandry science, and develop a book review in the form of a wiki. Students will respond to and edit each other's posts, and ultimately should have a finalized wiki thoroughly discussing and outlining each component of the book from Boidae male combat to the significance of thermal gradients in the terrarium. This is a very dense book, so while all students will be responsible for completing the reading, a group of students will be assigned as "first-editors" for each segment as we progress through the readings over the course of the semester. For example, five students will start the wiki for pages 1-60, and 24 hours after the posting deadline for these five students, the wiki will be opened up for all students to provide their input on the wiki for this section. The following week, another five students will be assigned as "first-editors" for pages 61-120, and after their posting deadline the wiki will be opened to all students, etc. This will be a great learning exercise for both how to conduct a book review as well a thorough introduction to herpetological husbandry science.
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