BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Plant and Animal Habitats
Place the aliens in the habitats where they can survive the best. Following the activity, read more about plant and animal habitats, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Animal Ecosystems, Adaptations and Food Chains
This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Animal Adaptations
A multitude of activities provide help with understanding animal adaptations.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Plant and Animal Communities
Learn about the six main classes of the animal kingdom.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plant and Animal Habitats
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson explains plant and animal habitats with brilliant pictures and photos. It also includes discussion and non-Activote questions.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Adaptations
Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Coloration
This competent site describes how structural adaptations help organisms survive. Deceptive and advertising coloration are explained.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Nova Zembla Expedition: How Are Different Organisms Suited to Their Habitats?
Alex and Foxy White are walking around looking at animals and learning about their habitats. Join them on their expedition.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Animal Adaptation
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitat and recognize that organisms have specific traits that help them adapt so they can carry...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Acadia National Park: Animals of Acadia [Pdf]
Discover the various types of animal habitats located in Acadia National Park. Learn about the special features that allow them to live in their habitat.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creature Comforts
What do living things need to survive? In this unit, students explore different habitats and the adaptations made by living things to survive. Students will create a website matching an animal's adaptations to its environment. Then, they...
EL Education
El Education: Local Habitat Survey and Animal Research
Students observe animals in several habitats and then choose one animal to research. Students learn about physical adaptations that help each animal live successfully in its habitat and then draw a picture of their animal which is later...
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Animal Bytes: Gorillas
This site from SeaWorld/Busch Gardens provides a wealth of information regarding gorillas. Content includes a focus on gorilla habitats and distribution, physical characteristics and special adaptations, senses, behavior, diet,...
Crayola
Crayola: Counting 'Til the Pigs Come Home (Lesson Plan)
A fun lesson plan for younger students incorporating art, math, and writing. Student create their own counting stories, and illustrate them. Also provides resources and adaptations. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Understanding Ecosystems: Adaptations 3 of 4
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand how animal and plant adaptations help them to survive in their ecosystem. Web links will allow students to play games and learn more about adaptations.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Life's Different Seasons
Recognize changes in bears and insects and compare them.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Science Explorations: Make the Match
See if you can match Galapagos Island Tortoises with the particular islands they live on. You can explore the islands to learn more about the habitats they contain.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Listed Species Believed to or Known to Occur in Each State
This page was created for quick access to pages that offer the most recent fact sheets, life history, and regulatory information for different animal species. Choose a state in the list to find a listing of animal species, and follow...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Make a Miniature Habitat
Hands-on lesson plan in which learners use mostly natural materials to build a shoebox habitat that mimics a real-life habitat for an animal of their choice.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Proficient Puppeteers
In this lesson, young scholars create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal. Students...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Active Science Modules: Humans and Animals Worksheets
Activities to accompany the Active science learning modules.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Showbiz Safari
Lights! Camera! Action! Our movie director needs your help! Help Walrus pick actors based on the traits that best fit the movie role. Which furry mammal will get the most wanted role in the blockbuster film "Paws"? Which water loving...
Science Made Simple
Science Made Simple: How Do Animals Spend the Winter?
Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: All About Lizards Lesson Plan
Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.