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Students examine nature by creating their own animals. In this animal adaptation instructional activity, students define scientific vocabulary terms dealing with adaptation such as sea stars, sea cucumbers and exoskeleton. Students utilize their adaptation information to create a fictional animal that has adaptation abilities and a specific habitat it must live within.

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oceanography, oceans, marine life

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adaptation lesson, creating an animal, marine life, oceanography, sea star and sea cucumbers, science
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Grade
1st - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Project-Based Learning
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