Проектная работа "These Amazing Lizards"

МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ОДИНЦОВСКАЯ СРЕДНЯЯ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНАЯ ШКОЛА №17

С УГЛУБЛЁННЫМ ИЗУЧЕНИЕМ ОТДЕЛЬНЫХ ПРЕДМЕТОВ
(143005, Московская область, г. Одинцово, ул. Кутузовская, д. 11, тел. [phone])

КОНКУРСНАЯ РАБОТА

Мир без границ (английский язык)

НАЗВАНИЕ РАБОТЫ

“These Amazing Lizards”

(проект)

Выполнил:

Сысоев Вадим, 8 класс

Московская область, 

г. Одинцово,

ул. Чистяковой, 78-185

Руководитель:

Будулева Мария Васильевна,

учитель английского языка

Одинцовской средней общеобразовательной школы № 17

Одинцово

2018

Contents

Project passport…………………………………………………………………………3

Introduction. 4

The main part……………………………………………………………………………7

1. Theoretical part……………………………………………………………………….7

Chapter I. These amazing lizards. 7

      1.1.What are lizards?. 7

1.2.Interesting facts about lizards 8

Chapter II. The most incredible lizards. 12

2.1.The biggest lizard. 12

2.2. Chameleons 13

2.3.Flying dragon. 15

2.4.The frilled lizard. 15

2.5.Fantastic Gecko – a leaf with eyes. 16

2.6. Mexican water dragon Axolotl………………………………………………….16

2. Practical part………………………………………………………………………...19

Conclusion. 20

The list of the used literature and websites. 21

Appendix 1. 22

Appendix 2…………………………………………………………………………….25

 

Project passport

Project name	These Amazing Lizards
Project manager	Buduleva Mariya Vasilievna
The student who worked	Sysoyev Vadim
The purpose	Creating of the brochure
Tasks	1)    to study the material about lizards 2)    to visit Zoological Museum 3)    to create the brochure about lizards 4)     to present demonstration material
Expected product	The brochure about different kinds of lizards
Stages of the project	1.Preparation (November 2017 – December 2017) Realization of the topic of the project 2.Research (November 2017 – January 2018) The collection and study of information 3.Analytical (January 2018 – February 2018) the process of thinking over the illustrations for the brochure and presentation 4.Creating (February 2018 – March 2018) The process of making the brochure 5. Creating of a presentation in Power Point (February 2018 - March 2018)
Material and technical support of the project	Computer with Internet access; Dictionary Longman, Cambridge

 

Introduction

When I decided to write my project in English, I had to think seriously about the theme and I was puzzled. My goal was to surprise and present my work to young people and adults so they would like it. And when one day me and my family visited the Paleontological Museum in Moscow, one of the largest natural history museums in the world, the great idea came into my mind. I decided to make a project about lizards!

Because lizards are direct descendants of dinosaurs! Lizards is the largest and most diverse group of modern reptiles. I realized that I didn't know enough about them, however, during our English lessons we speak a lot about environment and nature,  and I decided to deepen my knowledge.

Many people treat lizards with fear or neglect, and some consider them harmful or even poisonous animals. And in my project I want to try to present lizards in the best light, to show all their beauty, and a variety of species.

The relevance of this work is to check whether our peers are interested in lizards, I conducted a survey (the results of the survey are presented in Appendix 1).

The results of the study showed that many people enjoy, and are interested in lizards, but do not know any names of species.

Some think that lizards are ugly and nasty creatures, and I want to prove and show everybody, that it’s not true.

So, at the beginning of my work I have identified the problem: there are many interesting amazing species of lizards, but the students of our school are not sufficiently aware of them.

It is undeniable that there is literature on this issue, for example, "Robert Cope: Lizards" Publishing “Mahaon”, "Unusual Lizards" Publishing “Strekoza”, some information is presented on the Internet.

The aim of this project: to study the section of reptiles lizards, check whether our classmates are interested in lizards, learn more about lizards, prepare a study  "This Amazing Lizards", and to show students the results of the work through the creation of a presentation and a brochure about lizards.  The practical value of this project is that we can use it during our English lessons while studying topics about nature and environment or during integrated lessons with Biology.

To achieve this goal, it was necessary to solve the following tasks:

1.  To collect material about the lizards, and to study it;     

2. To study literature about reptiles;

3. Create a presentation for this work;

4. Create a brochure;

5. Visit Zoological Museum;

6. To conduct a survey among the students of 8th grade;

7. Observe the lizards, and make conclusions;

8. Take part in scientific practical conference;

The methods I used in my work:

1.      Scientific knowledge

2.      Observations

3.      Descriptions

4. Sampling, information analysis

5.      Designs

Project phases:

1. Preparatory. Development of ideas, goals.

2. Initial. Collecting of the information, proof-of-concept work.

3. Basic, exploratory stage, the stage of observing, making of presentations, brochure.

4. Final. Presentation of the work at the scientific and practical conference.

At the end of my work, I have achieved such results:

1. Investigated the sub-row of reptiles lizards;

2. Studied the literature about them;

3. Created a presentation for work;

4. Visited a Zoological Museum;

5. Created a brochure;

6. Took part in scientific and practical conference at school.

 

 

 

 

 

The main part

1.Theoretical part

Chapter I. These amazing lizards

1.1.          What are lizards?

Lizards belong to the class of reptiles, the class of reptiles (which also includes snakes) and are divided into twenty families. Lizards in the highest degree possess all the properties and characteristics of reptiles.                  

          Tenacious fingers with claws on four paws are very active and help the lizard to run, climb on shrubs and trees, deftly climb up the trunk a few meters, easily jump down, and in moments of danger, instantly disappear in rodent holes and under the stones.

Many types of lizards are able to discard part of the tail (autotomy). After some time, the tail is recovered, but in a shortened form. During autotomy, special muscles compress the blood vessels in the tail, and bleeding almost does not occur.

They live on all continents except Antarctica. In Europe live real lizards, in Asia - some agamids and geckos in Africa - Pocognoli, and in Australia monitor lizards and casenovia. They can be found almost everywhere: in forests, valllies and even deserts. The largest modern lizard is considered to be Indonesian Varan, living on the island of Komodo. It is often called the "Komodo dragon". These lizards reach a length of 3 meters and their weight reaches up to 120 kg. The smallest lizard (Gecko South American) does not exceed 4 cm in length.

The first lizards appeared during the era of dinosaurs. Their descendants live on Earth to this day.

Nature gave lizards everything to survive. They emerged about 250 million years ago and have survived until our days without losses. Now on Earth there are about 3,700 species of lizards. This is one of the most prosperous forms of life.

From lizards who lived at the same time with dinosaurs, not so many fossils survived. Most prehistoric lizards had a fragile skeleton. Their bones broke and crumbled into dust, not having time to fossilize. In addition, some scientists suggest that the ancient lizards were living primarily in arid, mountainous and rocky areas where fossils, in general, were formed rarely.

However, sometimes paleontologists still manage to find fossilized skeletons of prehistoric lizards. One of these ancient reptiles - coniseur - lived over 200 million years ago, in the first third of the Jurassic period. Coniseur planned from tree to tree and catch insects on the fly. In our days, in hot countries there are a lot of lizards, like Coniseur. One of them is a flying dragon, an inhabitant of tropical forests of Southeast Asia.

1.2.Interesting facts about lizards

• The majority of lizards are protected with movable opaque eyelids. They also have a transparent flashing membrane – the third eyelid, with which the surface of the eye is moisturized.
• Geckos do not have eyelids, so they have to moisten a special transparent membrane in the eyes with their tongues from time to time.
• In the hollow behind the eye is the eardrum, behind which in the bones of the skull there are middle and inner ears. The lizard hears very well. The organ of touch and taste is a long, thin tongue, divided into two at the end, which lizard often sticks out from the mouth.
• Scaly body cover protects against water loss and mechanical damage, but it prevents the growth and therefore several times during the summer lizard sheds, relieving parts of the skin.
• What UNIQUELY distinguishes all lizards from snakes? If we talk about the limbs, which snakes don’t posess, then there are legless lizards. Most lizards have a visible orifice of the external hearing canal, which snakes don't have, lizard eyes, are usually equipped with separate movable eyelids, while snakes have fused eyelids, creating transparent "lens" on their eyes. However, some lizards don’t have these signs. It is more reliable, therefore, to be guided by features of an internal structure. For example, all lizards, even legless, retain at least rudiments of the sternum and shoulder girdle (skeletal support of the front limbs); snakes don’t posess them eather.
• Lizards are diurnal animals and they have color vision, which is very rare in the animal world.
• Many lizard species are able to discard part of the tail (autotomy). Lizard has a lot of enemies, but for protection it has only nimble feet and a tail with which it can part under the risk of death. The enemy sees the wriggling tail, it distracts his attention, and the animal has long been there. If a person is grabbed by the tail, the tail remains in his fingers. Some are capable of autotomy species the tail is very brightly colored, and the lizard far more modest colors, which allows her to quickly escape. After some time, the tail is recovered, but in a shortened form. During autotomy, special muscles compress the blood vessels in the tail, and bleeding almost does not occur.
• Lizard without tail is not so fast and brisk, it may lose the ability to reproduce, poorly climbs and runs because of the lack of "steering". Many lizards use the tail for the accumulation of fat and nutrients, and so they have all of the energy that is concentrated in the tail. Animal can even die from depletion. Therefore, very often, the escaped lizard tries to find the tail and to eat it to restore the lost forces.  Full regeneration does not exist. New tail is always worse than the original. He has bad flexibility, shorter length and his movements are not so nimble.
• Sometimes the tail of a lizard doesn’t break off completely and gradually recovers. But the place of separation is damaged, which may cause the formation of a new tail. So, there is a lizard with two tails.
• Many climbing forms, such as geckos and some Skinks, the lower surface of the fingers is expanded into a pad covered with bristles – hair-like branched outgrowths of the outer layer of the skin. These bristles cling to the slightest irregularities of the substrate that allows the animal to move along vertical surfaces and even upside down.
• More often lizards live in pairs. In winter and at night, hiding in burrows, under rocks and in other places.
• The majority of lizards lay eggs. Lizard eggs have a thin, leathery shell, more rarely, as a rule, geckos have dense shell. Different species have different number of eggs, it can vary from 1-2 to several dozen.
• Lizards always lay their eggs in the most secluded places – cracks, under driftwood, etc.
• Some geckos eggs are glued to the trunks and branches of trees, on rocks.
• As a rule, lizards don’t return to their eggs.
• Only a few species, for example, a yellow belly female, guard the eggs and care for them, and after the appearing of young lizards, continue to protect them and even feed.
• Real live birth is found only in the American night lizards and some Skinks.
• Live births in reproduction are usually associated with harsh living conditions, such as those in the far North or high mountains.
• The largest lizard was Komodo dragon, that was exhibited in 1937 at the St. Louis Zoo, Missouri, USA. Its length was equal to 3.10 m and a maximum weight was 166 kg.
• The longest lizard is langur monitor lizard of El Salvador, or Varanus salvadorii, from Papua New Guinea. It, according to accurate measurements, reaches a length of 4.75 m, but about 70% of its total length is its tail.
• The fastest lizard is iguana. The highest speed of its movement on land is 34,9 kmph, it was registered at the black iguana (Ctenosaura), living in Costa Rica.
• The longest – lived is a fragile lizard. Male fragile lizard (Anguis fragilis) lived in the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark, more than 54 years, from 1892 to 1946.
• Toad lizard belongs to the iguana family and lives in the deserts of America. Therefore, the color of these lizards either sand or stone, so it would be easy to hide. Toad lizards inhabit open area and over the years they have developed many ways of defense. First, they try to freeze, hoping that the camouflage coloring hides them from predators. If hiding does not work, the lizard begins to attack, it will first stretch the legs and swell up like a toad, and from this comes its name, the size of the lizard increases in 2 times, but if that does not scare the opponent, the lizard goes to extreme measures: shoots blood from its eyes, aiming at the face of an enemy. The blood contains poisonous and toxic substances that causes the predator to retreat.

Chapter II. The most incredible lizards

2.1. The biggest lizard

It turns out, that nowadays we can meet the dragon in real life. In such way the inhabitants of the island of Komodo (Indonesia) called Komodo lizard, which is the largest lizard in the world. This is not only a huge lizard, but also a cruel predator, which brings fear to the islanders – the dragon can attack not only domestic animals, but also people, and especially vulnerable are children who sit or lie on the ground.

The largest lizard in the world was first discovered by scientists in the early 20th century – descriptions of the dragon date back to 1912. It was the year Komodo lizard was found on the island of Komodo. In fact, at the place of their dwelling lizard was called Komodo. Scientists put forward the version that thousands years ago Komodo lizards lived in Australia, and then moved to the Islands located nearby. Today the dragon can be seen not only on the island of Komodo, but also on some of the Islands like Flores, Ridge, Padar, Rinca.

The number of this species of lizard during the period of the discovery was small, and today, it only decreases. Therefore, because of the threat of disappearance, Komodo lizards are now well protected and listed in the Red Book. Adult species can grow more than 3 meters length, and their weight can be up to 160 kg. However, such large individuals are not so common – as a rule, the length of the largest lizards in the world is about 2 meters.

Thanks to the huge size of Komodo lizards, they have almost no enemies, but this applies to adult lizards, and small lizards become treats for birds of prey , snakes and even their relatives. Like any lizard Komodo lizards have a long tail. The color of the skin is dark with small spots, but young species have lighter color. These giant lizards have powerful jaws and very sharp teeth, because they are predators.

Huge head and the incredible size of the toothy mouth, from which double-ended long tongue protrudes are able to fill any person with indescribable horror. Seeing this animal, you can imagine yourself in a completely different era, when such creatures were a common thing. It is striking that to our days the Komodo dragon has preserved its appearance almost unchanged.

The largest lizard in the world, despite the impressive size, can run very quickly, however, at short distances. In addition, it knows how to swim and can even swim to the island, located in the neighborhood. Komodo lizard can perfectly get food from the trees, while standing on its hind legs. Young species are good at climbing trees, where they spend a lot of time. In this way young lizards escape from predators that can attack them. Komodo lizards have excellent hearing, sharp eyesight, but the main sense is sense of smell. Dragons possess two poisonous glands and poisonous oral fluid, thanks to which they kill their victims and supply their food.[7]

 2.2.Chameleons

Chameleon is also a family. They are used to live on the trees and are able to change the color of the body.

Most species have a body length of 30 cm, the largest reach 50-60 cm, the smallest-3-5 cm. Their head is helmet-shaped and it is often decorated with more or less convex ridges or pointed horns. In most cases, all of them are developed for males and females have rudimentary forms.

Their legs are long and adapted to climbing. The fingers grow into two opposite groups of 2 and 3 and have the form of "claws" that can tightly wrap the branches of the tree. The tail is thick at the base, gradually tapering towards the end, and can wind in spiral way and twine round branches. Most members of the family have this ability with the exception of a number of species with a short tail. Chameleons have unusual eyes. Their eyelids are fused, constantly covering the eyes, but having a hole for the pupil. Movements of the left and the right eyes can be inconsistent, which is important while catching insects, but before the attack, a chameleon turns both eyes on the prey. Chameleons have a circular view.

While hunting chameleons, as a rule, sit on tree branches for a long time. The body of the animal remains motionless, and its eyes are constantly moving (but sometimes chameleons slowly sneak up to the prey). They catch insects with their tongue which has a suction cup at its end. The ejection process which lasts about 1/20 seconds, and with a return to the original position — no more than half a second. In three seconds chameleon can detect and catch up to four insects. In the" off " position, the tongue is held by a special bone in the lower jaw. Sometimes the prey is too heavy to hold with the tongue; in this case the chameleon grabs the prey of this size with the mouth.

Chameleons are famous for their ability to change the color and pattern of the body. The change in color is connected with the peculiarities of the structure of the skin. In the outer fibrous and deeper layer of the skin there are special branched cells — chromatophores containing grains of various pigments of black, dark brown, reddish and yellow colors. With the reduction processes of the chromatophores grain pigments are redistributed, and their greatest concentration falls on the center of the cells, and the skin of lizard becomes white or yellow. When concentrating the dark pigment in the fibrous layer of the skin, it becomes dark. The combination of pigments of both layers leads to the appearance of different colors. Green colour appears as a result of refraction of light rays in the upper layer of the skin.

As a result of these features, the color of chameleons can change quickly from light — whitish and orange, through yellow and green to purple, and then completely black or dark brown. These color changes can occur on the whole body of the animal and so as on its individual areas, accompanied by the emergence and disappearance of various kinds of stripes and spots.

These color changes of the chameleon’s body occur under the influence of external stimuli such as temperature, light and humidity, and as a result of hunger, thirst, fear, irritation etc. Color variations depend on the preferential habitats typical for the species. Chameleons are diurnal animals, because in while sleeping they lose control of the skin color, become pale and noticeable for predators.

2.3. Flying dragon

Flying dragons is a genus of the subfamily of African agamids brings together about thirty Asian arboreal insectivorous lizards. In the literature there are also other common names of this kind, the flying dragons. They differ from other lizards with wide skin folds on the sides, thanks to which they can plan for a distance of over 20 m.

Flying dragons are lizards, the adults which reach a length of 40 cm. The body is narrow and flattened, some species are brightly painted. The tail is long and thin, it can be about the half of the body length.

A characteristic feature of the representatives of this genus are wide skin folds (membranes), located on the sides of the body, supported by false ribs and able to spread out in the form of wings. Thanks to them, flying dragons can plan for a distance of over twenty meters. The males have a skin fold on their throat, sliding forward when planning and serving as a stabilizer during the flight.

Flying dragons are spread mainly on the Islands of the Malay Archipelago, in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines). They live in tropical forests in the crowns of trees, and where forests are reduced on plantations of hevea, and don’t go down on the ground. Their food is adult insects and their larvae. They sit mostly motionless, being invisible because of its spotted coloring. [3,12]

2.4. The frilled lizard

Australian frilled lizard belongs to the Agam family, and is known even to those people who are not interested in lizards. By what? It reminds a dragon, and certainly is remembered even by accidental people. The frill-neck lizard (do you notice the name?), there is a fold of skin on the head, filled with blood vessels. At the moment of danger, it inflates it, changing its color and thereby visually becomes bigger, frightening predators. In addition, it gets on its hind legs to appear taller and also runs away on two legs.

Frilled lizard lives on the island of New Guinea and on the Northern coast of Australia. This is the second largest lizard among the agamidae. Males that live in Australia can reach 100 cm, although species in New Guinea are smaller - to 80 cm, the females considerably smaller than males, approximately two-thirds of the size. In captivity, frilled lizards can live up to 10 years, although females live less, due to the regular stress associated with reproduction and egg laying.

 2.5. Fantastic Gecko – a leaf with eyes

Madagascar flat-tailed fantastic Gecko looks most unusual and remarkable among all Geckos. No wonder that in English its name sounds like the Satanic Leaf tailed Gecko. They have developed a perfect mimicry, that is, the ability to disguise themselves according to the environment. This helps it to survive in the tropical forests of Madagascar, where the flat-tailed Gecko lives. Although for many years it was actively exported from the island, now it is not easy to buy a fantastic Gecko, because of the reduced quotas for export and complexity in breeding.

Incredibly looking, Madagascar flat-tailed Gecko is a master of disguise, and resembles a fallen leaf. The curved body, skin with holes, all this resembles a dry leaf, and helps him to dissolve against the background of fallen leaves. The colouring of Gecko can be very different, but it is usually with dark spots on the underbelly. Gecko’s eyes don’t have any eyelids, that’s why they use their tongue to clear them. It looks unusual, and gives them more charm.

Males are usually smaller — up to 10 cm, females can grow up to 15 cm. In captivity they can live over 10 years.[1,107]

2.6. Mexican water dragon Axolotl

Axolotl is one of the most fantastic animals that you can have in your aquarium. Dragons axolotl live in lakes Xochimilco and Chalco in Mexico, however, as a result of rapid urbanization, the area is reduced. Fortunately, they are quite simple to breed in captivity, moreover, they are of scientific value because of their features, they can regenerate their gills, the tail, and even limbs. The study of this feature has led to the fact that in captivity their number has increased and they have many color forms. [2,89]

The birthplace of Axolotl is an ancient system of water canals and lakes in Mexico City. All their lives they live in the water, not climbing on land. They prefer deep places in canals and lakes, with abundant aquatic vegetation, as they depend on aquatic plants. In the process of reproduction they attach their eggs to aquatic plants, and then fertilize it. Lake Xochimilco is famous for its floating gardens or chinampas, in fact the strip of land between the channels where locals grow vegetables and flowers. This ancient system of irrigation canals and lakes is home to Axolotl.

By the way, translated from the ancient language of the Aztecs, the Axolotl means water monster. Before the Spanish invasion, the Aztecs ate them, meat was considered curative, and resembled eel to taste.

Axolotl listed in the Red book, as a species of amphibians under threat of dying out. Since their habitat is 10 square kilometers, in addition to very scattered, it is difficult to figure out the exact number of species living in nature.

Aquarium Axolotl is the larva of ambystoma that live only in Mexico, at a height of 2,290 m. above sea level. This chunky Salamander, usually its length is from 90 to 350 mm from the tail to the tip of the muzzle. Males are usually larger than females due to a longer tail. Ambystoma exists in two forms: neotenic (actually axolotl, in a form of larvae that lives in the water and has external gills) and land, fully developed with smaller gills.

Mature Axolotl in length can be up to 450 mm, but usually the size of it is about 230 mm, and species more than 300 mm are rare. Axolotl grows much more than other neotenic larvae of the Salamander, and reaches maturity in the state of larvae. A characteristic feature of the appearance is large external gills, in the form of three outgrowths on the sides of the head. They have small teeth that serve to hold the prey, and not to tear it.

 Body color varies from white to black, including the different variants of grey and brown. However, Axolotls of light shades are rare in nature, as they are more visible and vulnerable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.        Practical part

Project goal: to expand the horizons of information on the subject presented and studied in this project, using various literature and the Internet. To increase the motivation to learn a foreign language, to intensify the use of new lexical material and to make the brochure about the most amazing kinds of lizards, which can be used in English language lessons and Biology lessons or integrated lessons.

      Project objectives:

1. form skills and ability to work independently;

2. form speech abilities, skills of research;

3. grow interest in studying nature and English language;

4. examine and present information and research materials on the topic of project;

5. share with classmates the results of this work.

For a practical part it was decided to create the brochure about the most interesting kinds of lizards. For this purpose, using literature and network I made a brochure with the most interesting information about different kinds of lizards. Also I used colorful pictures to illustrate it. Our brochure is ready! Some stages of my work you can see in multimedia presentation. (See Appendix 2)

The product of my project will be very useful in our English lessons while talking about nature and environment and also it can be used during integrated lessons with Biology.

Conclusion

Working on this project, I got a lot of new impressions, learned a lot about lizards.

Having made a bright photo report in the form of a presentation and a brochure, I told a lot of interesting things about the amazing lizards to my classmates, friends and relatives.

It was very informative and educative to work on this project. The product of my project will be very useful in our English lessons while talking about nature and environment and also it can be used during integrated lessons with Biology.

At the end of my work I got following results:

1. Investigated the sub-row of reptiles lizards;

2. Studied literature about them;

3. Created a presentation to work;

4. Visited a Zoological Museum;

5. Created a brochure;

6. Took part in scientific and practical conference at school.

Undoubtedly, I plan to continue working on the project in the future: it is interesting to expand my horizons about the amazing types of other interesting reptiles and other incredible animals.

The list of the used literature and websites.

1.          «Роберт Коуп: Ящерицы» Издательство махаон, 2012 г.

2.          Sbio, Проэкт «Вся биология» : [Электронный ресурс] http://sbio.info/dic/12775(Дата обращения: 06.01.2018).

3.           «Необычные ящерицы»  Издательство Стрекоза, 2014г.

4.          Энциклопедия Кольера: [Электронный ресурс] URL: http://vk.com/club60197776 (Дата обращения: 07.01.2018).

5.          Сайт о животных web-zoopark: [Электронный ресурс] http://web-zoopark.ru/reptilii/yashcheritsi.html (Дата обращения: 07.01.2018).

6.          Свободная энциклопедия Википедия: [Электронный ресурс] // Википедия.org, М., 2016. URL:  http://ru. wikipedia.org/ (Дата обращения: 09.01.2018).

7.          Энциклопедия животных.[Электронный ресурс] URL: http://www.zoovet.ru/animals.php?vid=362 (Дата обращения: 09.01.2018).

 

Appendix 1

Анкета

Имя_____________

1.Брали ли вы когда-нибудь ящерицу в руки?

Да

Нет

2.Вы когда-нибудь интересовались ящерицами?

Да

Нет

3.Видели ли вы вживую огромных ящериц (величины больше руки), или странных?

Да

Нет

4.Можете ли вы назвать 3-5 видов ящериц?(если да, то перечислите)

Нет

Да _______________________________________________________________

5.Вам хотелось бы иметь ящерицу как домашнего животного?

Да

Нет

6.Интересны ли вам ящерицы?

Да      потому что_________________________________________________

Нет     потому что________________________________________________

The survey involved 20 people from my class - 6 boys and 14 girls.

Here are results:

Question	Number of answers «Yes»	Number of answers  «No»
Have you ever touched the lizard?	13	7
Have you ever been interested in lizards?	9	11
Have you ever seen huge or strange lizards in real life?	9	11
Can you name 3 to 5 kinds of lizards?	2	18
Would you like to have a lizard as a pet?	6	14
Are you interested in lizards?	9	11

Summary:

We found out from this questionnaire that:

·        Almost all the survey participants touched the lizards

·        Only half of the children were interested in the lizards

·        None of the girls can name a single species

·        Most survey participants would not like to have a lizard as a pet

·        Almost half of survey participants saw huge or strange lizards

Appendix 2