About This Lesson
After learning about and exploring plant and animal adaptations, students research local organisms with interesting adaptations and share findings with their classmates. Students identify adaptations globally by analyzing a documentary.
- Students will understand that adaptations allow organisms to thrive in a particular environment
- Students will differentiate between physical and behavioral adaptations in animals
- Students will identify key adaptations of organisms in different habitats
Lessons in this unit:
- Adaptations Activity 1: Adapting to the Environment
- Adaptations Activity 2: Physical Adaptations
- Adaptations Activity 3: Behavioral Adaptations
- Adaptations Activity 4: Go Adapt!
- Adaptations Activity 5: Create a Creature
