Activity
Utah Education Network

Uen: Animal Adaptations

For Students 4th - 5th
A multitude of activities provide help with understanding animal adaptations.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Animal Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of animal adaptations, that look at physical and behavioral adaptations.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brain Break I See Animals Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this interactive lesson, students act out animal movements for a short brain break.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Lesson Plan: Organism Migration in Bhutan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Science lesson plan that teaches students about plant & animal migratory patterns in the various zones of Bhutan. Part of the PBS website devoted to Bhutan.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Robin (Erithacus Rubecula)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the robin, as distinct from the American robin, which is actually a thrush. Explains where robins are found, their physical characteristics, diet, migration behavior, mating, and predators.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Can You Do It? I Can Do It!

For Teachers K
In this lesson students focus on physical movement while they make the same movements different animals would make.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Where Do Mammals Live?: Wildebeest

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Brief illustrated overview of the wildebeest and an accompanying video demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat and digest tough African grasses.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Townsend's Big Eared Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on Townsend's Big-Eared Bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Big Brown Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on the big brown bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Mexican Free Tailed Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on the Mexican free-tailed bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other interesting facts.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Pallid Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on pallid bats provides details on physical characteristics, range, migration, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Spotted Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on spotted bats provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: California Leaf Nosed Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on California leaf-nosed bats provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Silver Haired Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on silver-haired bats provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Adaptations: Fit for Survival

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan will help students explore adaptation, especially as it relates to migration. Students will come to realize that adaptations can be behavioral as well as physical. Students are assigned a particular animal to investigate...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about birds, as well as several pictures.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Hall of Mammals: Caribou

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of the caribou and an accompanying photo illustrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to migrate to find its food supply.