🐢 Aldabra giant tortoise report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the Aldabra giant tortoise page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea · Grades 1–2
| Length | 36 in to 4 ft (91 cm to 1.2 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 351 to 551 lb (159 to 250 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 100 years |
Read about it
The Aldabra tortoise is a giant tortoise with a big, domed shell. It lives on islands in the Indian Ocean. It munches grass and leaves and cools off in muddy puddles.
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The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/aldabra-tortoise, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea · Grades 3–4
| Length | 36 in to 4 ft (91 cm to 1.2 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 351 to 551 lb (159 to 250 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 100 years |
Read about it
An Aldabra tortoise's long neck helps it reach leaves on low branches and bushes. Some of these tortoises live longer than the people who look after them. In the heat of the day it rests in shade or sinks into a muddy puddle to cool down.
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What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
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Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/aldabra-tortoise, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea · Grades 5–6
| Length | 36 in to 4 ft (91 cm to 1.2 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 351 to 551 lb (159 to 250 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 100 years |
Read about it
Aldabra giant tortoises live on Aldabra, a ring-shaped coral island in the Indian Ocean, where they are the biggest plant-eaters. As they graze, they shape the plants around them and spread seeds in their droppings. Long ago sailors took giant tortoises from many islands, and most kinds vanished, but the Aldabra tortoise survived, partly thanks to its remote home. Today Aldabra is a protected World Heritage site.
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Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/aldabra-tortoise, checked 2026-10-30