Skinks and geckos – Venn diagram
Use this interactive Venn diagram with your students to illustrate the key similarities and differences between skinks and geckos. Place each label where you think it belongs. This activity can be done individually, in pairs or as a whole class.
Skinks and geckos – Venn diagram
Skinks
Geckos
Both skinks and geckos
Unused items
- Narrow head
- Good sense of smell, hearing and sight
- Long lived
- Shed their skin
- Tight and shiny skin
- Eat insects
- Give birth to live young
- Broad neck and head
- Threatened by introduced mammals
- Rub skin off in patches
- Excellent climbers
- Loose and velvety skin
- Can regrow a lost tail
- Eat remains of dead animals
- Lick clear eyelids to keep them clean
- Blink to clean eyes
Use this diagram to explore what students already know about skinks and geckos. Place the labels to where you think they belong.
There are three options
only found in geckos
only found in skinks
in the middle, where the two circles intersect, is for what they have in common.
You can move the labels from one place to another if you change your mind. Note: if the label has not changed to blue, check it is fully within the Venn diagram part. When you are ready, click the Check answers button to check your ideas, then click the Reset incorrect button to try again.
See the Similarities and differences: skinks and geckos activity for additional support in using this interactive.
Use the Download exercise button for a PDF of the diagram and labels.
