Animal Adaptations

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS

3rd and 4th graders at Westshire are learning about animal adaptations!

There are two types if animal adaptations:

Behavioral-these are things an animal does to help it survive, like hibernating or migrating in winter, or playing dead or being totally still and silent when its predator is nearby.

Structural-these are things an animal has as a part of its body that help it survive, like a beak, claws or fur.

Today, students watched an interesting video about animal adaptations, and then made up their own animals. To do this yourself:

WATCH THE VIDEO

MAKE AN ANIMAL

1. Pick an environment (the north pole? A swamp? A desert? A Caribbean island?)
2. Make up an animal
3. Give it a structural adaptation (something it has as a part of its body that will help it survive in the environment you chose)
4. Give it a behavioral adaptation (something it does to help it survive in the environment you chose)
5. Give it a name to match its adaptations
6. Draw a picture of it!

Have fun!