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Animal Adaptations |
For animals, including people, adaptation is often a matter of life or death! If they can't adapt to their surroundings, they will not survive. For animals, adaptation means having certain body parts or behaviors that allow them to survive and thrive in their environments.Check out these internet sites, read carefully, and see if you can find what special adaptations these animals have. Often asking yourself "where does this animal live?" and "what does it eat?" can lead you to an adaptation. |
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American
Alligator or visit Nature Works for more info. |
CC P4L SNZ |
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Bactrian
Camel 1. Camels have many adaptations that allow them to live successfully in desert conditions. How many can you find? 2. Try this Lincoln Park Zoo site for more info. |
CC |
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Beaver 1.Beavers have many adaptations that help them in their underwater work? How many can you find? 2. Try these other sites for more info - Beaver or Oregon Zoo Beavers. |
APA, SB, "beaver" |
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Burmese
Python or visit Who Zoo for more info. |
APA, SB, "burmese python" WZ, HZ |
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California King Snake | CC
Animals, Reptiles, Snakes pg 3 - e_king02 pg 5 - sp-king02, cakingegg2 pg8 - sfl king pg 10 - eking WZ |
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Canada
Lynx Or visit Nature Works for more info. |
CC SB
"lynx" SNZ |
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Cheetah | HZ, WZ, CC SB "cheetah" P4L, SNZ |
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Giant Panda | SPFD, CC |
| Gila
Monster or visit Who Zoo for more info. |
WZ, MF CC SB "gila" |
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Giraffe | CC, HZ, WZ, P4L BFP, SNZ |
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Hippopotamus
- Common click - proceed using old browser 1. Hippos have many adaptations for their time spent in the water? How many can you find? 2. Try this BBC site or this Honolulu Zoo site or this WhoZoo site or this Needham HS site for even more info. |
HZ, BFP,
SNZ,
CC Animals/Hippos WZ under ungulates "river hippopotamus" |
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King
Vulture 1. Vultures are specially adapted for their jobs as scavengers. How many can you find? 2. Try this Honolulu Zoo site or this WhoZoo site for even more info. |
CC WZ HZ SNZ |
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Koala 1. Koalas have adapted to their food and to spending a lot of time in trees. How many adaptations can you find? |
CC, MF P4L - marsupials |
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Lions | CC P4L SNZ |
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Manatees 1. Try this Wild Ones site for more info. |
CC SB has 1 |
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Mountain
Goat 1. Mountain Goats are they adapted for living at the tops of high, cold mountains. How many adaptations can you find? Try this site for more info. |
APA CC BFP |
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Musk Ox | APA |
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Opossum Try this site for more info. |
APA |
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Pacific Walrus 1. The Pacific Walrus is well adapted for living in the cold Arctic. How many adaptations can you find? |
CC under marine life walruses |
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Polar
Bears 1. Try this Artic Studies site, This National Geographic site, or this Nature Works site for more info. |
CC under bears- polar bears P4L SB"polar" |
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Porcupine 1. The porcupine has a unique adaptation that you can't miss. What is it? Can you find more? 2. Try this site for more info. |
APA |
| Red
Panda 1. Try this Zoo site or this BBC site or this Enchanted Learning site for more info. |
APA WIK SB "red panda" SNZ |
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Sea
Otters 1. Sea otters spend almost their entire lives in water. They eat, sleep, and even have their babies in water. What special adaptations do they have that help them do this? |
CC under marine life P4L |
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South
African Burrowing Bullfrog 1. Try this WhoZoo site for even more info. |
HZ WZ under amphibians |
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Snow
leopard 1. Try this site for even more info. |
CC BFP |
| Squirrel
Monkey 1. Try this Oakland Zoo site for more info. |
APA | |
| Wallaby | P4L | |
| Wallaroo | ||
| White-cheeked Gibbon | WZ, P4L, SNZ | |
| White Throated Savanna Monitor | HZ, P4L - SB "monitor" |
| The following sites allow students to use their images for projects. | |
| CC | classroom clipart has |
| CC SB | classroom clipart has, type in search box at the very bottom of page |
| WZ | whozoo has |
| HZ | honolulu zoo has |
| P4L | Pics for Learning |
| BFP | Barry's Free Photos |
| SNZ | Smithsonian National Zoo |
| APA | Animal Picture Archive- check copyright info on these |
| SPFD | A Kid's View of Dickerson Park Zoo |
| WIK | Wikimedia |
| ASBB | Animal Scoop - Billy Bear |
| Online Animal Puzzles |
| EcoKids - Adaptation Game |
Thanks to LINDA MOSBACKER and the Utah Education Network for the original activity. http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750 Changes have been made to the original to adapt it for our 4th graders. |