🦎 Komodo dragon report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the Komodo dragon page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis · Grades 1–2
| Length | 10 ft (3.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Top speed | 9.9 to 12 mph (16 to 20 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 30 years |
Read about it
The Komodo dragon is the biggest lizard. It flicks its long, forked tongue to smell. It lives on islands.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Komodo dragon, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/komodo-dragon, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis · Grades 3–4
| Length | 10 ft (3.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Top speed | 9.9 to 12 mph (16 to 20 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 30 years |
Read about it
A Komodo dragon flicks out its yellow, forked tongue to pick up smells from the air, and can find food from far away. It is not a real dragon and can't breathe fire, but it is the heaviest lizard on Earth. Baby dragons live up in trees, where they are safer.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Komodo dragon, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/komodo-dragon, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis · Grades 5–6
| Length | 10 ft (3.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Top speed | 9.9 to 12 mph (16 to 20 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 30 years |
Read about it
Komodo dragons live only on a few islands in Indonesia, where they are the top hunters. They mostly wait in hiding rather than chase. Scientists have found that their bite carries venom. A female can sometimes lay eggs that hatch with no father, something only a few kinds of animals can do. Komodo National Park protects them and their islands.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
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, Komodo dragon, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/komodo-dragon, checked 2026-10-30