Turtles vs Tortoises

During reading time today in Pūkeko 16, one group read a book all about turtles and tortoises. Before reading we thought about what we thought the differences between them were.

We thought:

Turtles - laid eggs, lived at the beach, had a shell
Tortoises - laid eggs, lived in rocks at the river, had a shell

After we read we learnt they were very different. Here is a short video about some of those differences:

This is a tortoise - they have a higher shell. They have stumpy legs and they live on land.



Turtles vs Tortoises video



This is a turtle - they have flat shells, live in the water and have flippers to help swim in the water.