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Lesson Plan
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Gray Whales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore the majestic grey whale while deepening your understanding of animal adaptations. Grey whales from head to toe are specifically designed to fit their environment. Learners will examine the ways in which the flippers, head, body,...
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PPT
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Academic Raceway 500

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This PowerPoint provides a raceway game in which students compete by answering animal questions correctly to advance their racecar. The main animal themes covered are adaptation, survival, endangered and extinct animals, and ways to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Snug in the Snow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how snow helps animals survive in the wild. In this animal science activity, students review key vocabulary words and discuss types of animal adaptations. Students construct shoebox to simulate the snowy environment...
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research how animals adapt to their environment. In this animal adaptation instructional activity, 4th graders discover the reasons behind animal adaptations. Students create a project using Kidspiration software.
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Lesson Plan
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Stormy Weather

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate their knowledge for how animals survive in natural environments when a storm occurs. In this science/writing instructional activity, 5th graders engage in a listening activity with the teacher. Additionally,...
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore bird beaks as animal adaptation. In this bird adaptation lesson, 6th graders conduct an experiment to determine the connection between the shape of a bird's beak and the food it eats.
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Lesson Plan
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Life in the Arctic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a model of an arctic animal. In this animal adaptation lesson, students research an arctic animal, create a 3-D model of their animal, and explain the physical characteristics animals in the arctic need to survive.
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Organizer
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Adaptations of Penguins

For Students 7th - 8th
In this adaptations of penguins worksheet, students write short answers describing 14 ways penguins are adapted for their living environment.
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Lesson Plan
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Grzimek's Animal Life: Polar Bears

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the physical adaptations of polar bears. In this animal adaptations lesson, students access interactive resource pages on the Internet, discovering the habitats of polar bears and their physical attributes. Students...
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Mouth Structures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study how the mouth structures of animal show their adaptation. In this animal mouth structure lesson, students look at images of bird and animal mouths as they are feeding focusing on the shape of each. They watch a movie that...
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Lesson Plan
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River Otter Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners study the body of the River Otter to understand animal adaptations to their habitats. In this animal adaptations lesson, students study the photo of the River Otter and discuss its body. Learners then play a game of...
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Worksheet
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The Sharp Adaptations of Porcupines

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this porcupine worksheet, students learn about how porcupines adapt to their lives in the woods and how they use their quills. After reading a short text and analyzing the labeled pictures, students answer 3 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

I Will Survive

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore animal adaptations. In this animal science lesson, students watch the video "Kratt's Kreatures" and work in groups to complete a worksheet about animal adaptations.
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Camouflage

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate how animals adapt to their environment. In this animal science lesson, students participate in an experiment using patterned paper and plain paper to simulate how animals blend into their surroundings. Students...
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Lesson Plan
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Student Designed Investigations Part 3 – Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how living things adapt to their environment. In this science lesson, students conduct scientific investigations to examine animal adaptations.
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Organizer
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How Do Animals Use Their Parts?

For Students K - 2nd
In this animal adaptations worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the body part that completes the animal adaptation statement. This worksheet has 6 examples to fill in.
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Worksheet
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Exploring Adaptations: Magic Tree House Polar Bears and the Arctic

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal adaptations activity, students respond to the facts presented in the Magic Tree House book Polar Bears and the Arctic. Students cut out cards with animal adaptations. Students cut out Arctic animal picture cards and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Staying Warm-Keeping Cool

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Internet research learning exercise, students go to the indicated website and read about animal habitats. Students answer 6 questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Adaptations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will participate in classroom discussions and visit a website to learn more about animals and how well (or poorly) they've adapted to satisfying their needs in their natural habitats. This will help move them toward the goal, in...
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Lesson Plan
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Snowy Owl Adaptations

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the adaptations that are made by the snowy owl. They discuss why these adaptations are necessary and how they protect the owl. Students create a snowy owl puppet.
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders participate in an arthropod scavenger hunt. In groups of two, they identify and collect two specimens of arthropods in the school area, and create a table of all the specimens and what class they belong to.
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Lesson Plan
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Survival Under a Rock

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate ways that animals adapt to their environments through hands-on activities using isopods and an interactive video.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Plant and Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify behavioral and structural adaptations to plant and animal life. In this unit overview, 4th graders discuss the importance of variation and adaptation in a species survival. This is a unit overview and does not...
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Lesson Plan
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Animal Instincts

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare animal adaptations to human behavior. For this science lesson, students discuss animal instincts vs. learned behavior. Options for student writing, drawing and research are incorporated into this lesson plan