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Adaptations – Designs for Survival HandoutAdaptations – Designs for Survival Handout
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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Adaptations – Designs for Survival

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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.

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Concepts

adaptations, animal adaptations, environmental adaptations, the hudson river, rivers, physical adaptations

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Have kids research other animals in their own habitats, and what types of adaptations they have experienced throughout the years
  • Assign a diorama project for kids to illustrate the life of a river habitat, demonstrating the different animals and planets that live there

Classroom Considerations

  • Print both pages of the worksheet onto each side of a sheet of paper, and laminate to use the worksheet throughout all of your classes and groups

Pros

  • Explanation of each adaptation is clear and easy to understand
  • Helpful for both science classes and language arts classes, when studying informational text

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