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.

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.