What's the difference between behavioral adaptations and physical adaptations? Learn about the various ways that organisms adapt to their environment with a worksheet about the creatures of the Hudson River.

First, biology pupils research land and marine habitats along the route of skipper Rich Wilson's Great American II. Then, using colored paper clips scattered across a colored paper background, they play the predator-prey game to...

The National Park Service has produced a high-quality presentation on the halibut population of Glacier Bay, Alaska. It takes the viewpoint of the marine biologists or rather, ichthyologists, who have been studying the adaptations,...

Students read story Animals in Winter, and explore similarities and differences in how humans and other animals prepare for survival in winter. Students create class book that compares and illustrates different ways humans and animals...

Young scholars explore winter adaptations and glare. In this winter weather lesson, students discuss the season of winter and how animals and plants adapt to the changing weather. Young scholars discuss the glare off snow and make...

Students use art work to demonstrate their understanding of the insect food chain and their ability to camouflage themselves. In this insect food chain and camouflage lesson, students determine what type of animals feed on insects. They...

In this animal vocabulary worksheet, students trace and write the animal vocabulary in regular printing. Students trace and write the words adapt, camouflage, and habitat.

Young scholars investigate insect camouflage and mimicry. In this animal science instructional activity, students discuss how camouflage helps an insect survive. Additionally, young scholars use the included template to color and cut...

Learners investigate sea horses and knights. In this marine biology lesson, students read the book How to Hide an Octopus and discuss the purpose of camoflage. Learners research knights and sea horses and record their research on...

Students examine animals that use camouflage and discuss why they use it. They create drawing of an imaginary animal that uses camouflage to hide in the classroom and identify the adaptations that would allow it to hide effectively.

Young scholars explore ocean animal adaptations. For this animal adaptations lesson, students examine how different ocean animals use adaptations other than camouflage to protect themselves.

Go beyond a traditional word search with a clue matching, word search combo. Scholars read clues, write the word that matches, then search for the word in a puzzle. Clues and words offer insight into the life of polar bears.

Bioluminescent animals are the focus of a hands-on craft in which scholars create a scene of either a land or sea bioluminescent creature.

Looking for some simple multiple-choice questions for an upcoming biology unit on animals? This learning exercise features 7 clearly worded questions, each with 4 possible answers. Topics include adaptation, camouflage, ecosystems,...

Students investigate how animals adapt to their environment. In this animal science lesson, students participate in an experiment using patterned paper and plain paper to simulate how animals blend into their surroundings. Students...

Getting ready for a lesson on animal adaptations can be a  lot of fun. Kindergartners will go on an egg hunt. Once they have collected all the eggs, they will open them up to reveal an image of an animal. Each pupil will act out...

Finding an animal in nature can be like a game of hide and seek. A thorough lesson plan explores different coloration strategies of animals. Pupils complete look-and-find puzzles and coloring sheets to differentiate between different...

Learners research information about animal habitats and plant growth in tropical environments. They create unique art with foregrounds and backgrounds that camouflage tropical creatures and search for hidden animals in peer artwork.

Fifth graders brainstorm a list of animals that live on the prairie, and classify them as predators and prey. They conduct interviews where they ask the animals what they need to look out for to sustain life on the prairie.

Second graders explore biology by researching animal characteristics. In this adaptation lesson plan, 2nd graders identify the history of several animals and research the changes that have occurred to their anatomy over thousands of...

Students list comparisons between technology and nature. Then they create superheroes with special animal characteristics and describe how ordinary persons might replicate the changes with technology.

Students examine how animals protect themselves from predators and camouflage themselves. They participate in a simulation in which they locate red and green yarn "caterpillars," organize their data, and generate a bar graph using...

Students identify the types of camouflage used by animals in the desert. They work together to create their own animal creating their own type of camouflage. They determine how well the camouflage works.

For this matching science words and definitions about animals worksheet, students match fifteen science words about animals with the definitions.