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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Habitat

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do you need to survive? Food, water, shelter? Animals need the same things and they live in places that can provide them. This informative site looks at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction and behavior of the red...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Reptile Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan site, students examine the changing traits that have enabled reptiles to live in their environments. Interesting information and activities about reptiles are found on this site.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Communication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This comprehensive site describes how communication is an adaptation that is important for survival.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Structural and Behavioral Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This effective site focuses on how structural and behavioral adaptations help organisms survive and reproduce.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Coloration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This competent site describes how structural adaptations help organisms survive. Deceptive and advertising coloration are explained.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: What's in the Dirt?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders will observe changes in a small environment.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: What It Is, What It Isn't

For Teachers 3rd
Recognize characteristics of living and nonliving items within an environment.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Marine Communities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This informative Natureworks site examines how life in marine communities must be adapted to live and survive under a wide variety of conditions.
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Texas A&M University

Texas A&m: Adding Adaptations to Insects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan site that illustrates how certain adaptations will enhance an insects chances for survival.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Genes, Environment, and Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
The way that you carry a conversation, respond to failure, form relationships with others, and generally behave is in part related to your genetics - but your world and life experiences also shape your attitudes and behaviors. This...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Organisms and the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an overview of organisms and their environment and includes an Activote quiz at the end.