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Adaptations An adaptation is a trait that helps an organism survive and succeed in the habitat that they live in. They help the animal obtain its basic needs while. Adaptations can include physical traits and structures, like body color and wings, as well as behavioral traits, like migration. If an animal is relocated to a different kind of habitat, its adaptations would not necessarily be suited for survival, and could possibly cause harm to its success.
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Teacher Guide
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Pre-Class Activities
What is that?
This activity aims spark curiosity about adaptations and how they help survival. |
Key to Success
This activity aims to compare animal adaptations to tools that people can use. |
Makes Sense
This activity aims to consider what adaptations people have and how they help us survive. |
Whatcha Doin?
This activity aims to encourage observation and consideration of behavioral adaptations. |
Lesson
Adaptations
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A inquiry-based presentation to assist in formal instruction of this topic. Slides include a script that can be used to help guide student thinking and to support student understanding.
A recording of this presentation can also be found here. |
Post-Class Activities
Fish out of Water
This activity aims to consider what adaptations an organism would need to survive in a specific habitat. |
Makes You Stronger
This activity aims to address our own strengths and the things that make us stronger. |
Adaptation Analysis
This activity aims to facilitate discovery of adaptations of living things nearby. |
Super Features
This activity aims to encourage what we can learned from our own adaptations. |
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