Students examine how animals must be adapted to the conditions of its environment to survive.  In this biomes lesson students research desert adaptations then discuss how these animals have survived. 

Young scholars explore the types of animals that live in trees and discuss the adaptations and characteristics that allow them to live in trees easily.

In this body plans and adaptations worksheet, students will review the different types of symmetry found in organisms. Students will identify body parts as found on either the ventral or dorsal part of an animal. Then students will look...

Students explore animals that live in trees. In this nature and biology lesson, students go outdoors and make observations about animals and their unique body parts that help them to live in trees. Students create drawings as they...

When would two paws up denote a blockbuster film in your classroom? Only when young writers create movie reviews from a pet's perspective in this imaginative expository writing practice. This engaging topic begins with a class discussion...

Students survive within an ecosystem, an animal must be physically and behaviorally adapted to the conditions of its environment.

In this science worksheet, students fill in 29 blanks in an article about lizards of the rainforest. Word choices are included in the word box at the beginning of the worksheet.

Middle schoolers identify plants and animals endemic in their local area after learning about the plants and animals of the Galapagos Islands. In this plants and animals lesson plan, students create an endemic garden on school grounds.

This resource provides detailed information about the iguana. It include several photos, an audio clip an a video clip. [1:30]