Animal adaptations activities 2nd grade

An adaptation is a special skill that helps organisms to survive in their environments. Adaptations could be PHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, or BEHAVIORAL. All living things (including humans) on this planet have adaptations. Adaptations are influenced by environmental factors, including climate and food availability. Animals have needs like food, water, shelter, and breeding. To meet those needs, animals adapt to their environment.

Pufferfish puff up, elephants have big ears and sharks have a super sense of smell. Create the ultimate animal with this animal adaptation activity

By incorporating a few different animal adaptation activities, your students will gain a better understanding of this phenomenon. Several of these activities can be found in my phenomenon based Animal Adaptations unit. Explore all of the amazing resources and utilize them to engage your students in the fascinating and vast topic of animal adaptations!

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Throughout this week during our UOI, we have been learning about animal adaptations. When students came in from recess on Tuesday, I taped their thumb to their hand and did not tell them why. They...

Animal adaptation activities incorporate hands-on experiments and engaging lessons. This shares tons of plant and animal adaptation lessons!

3rd grade science-Animal Adaptations

by Lacey Rice