Student Activities
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Science
- State Standards:
- Maine Standards:
E1 Biodiversity
E2 Ecosystems
Information for Teachers
Resources for animal adaptations includes activities that can be used in conjunction with the Amazing Animal Adaptations virtual program or on their own. To request the virtual program, please e-mail us and provide the following information in the "Your Message" box:
- School Name
- Grade(s) the program is requested for
- Number of students attending
- The title of the program: Amazing Animal Adaptations
Virtual Program Description
Explore the diversity of animals in Acadia and learn about the remarkable adaptations that help them survive! From tongues to tails, we will take a close look and learn wild facts about some local Maine creatures. (45 minutes) Offered from September- April.
- Essential Question: How do adaptations help animals survive?
- Objectives: Students will be able to identify 4 species of animals that live in Acadia National Park and at least one adaptation that each animal possesses and how it helps them survive.
- Vocabulary: Adaptation, Camouflage, Predator, Prey, Endothermic (warm-blooded), Ectothermic (cold-blooded)
- Student Materials: Paper and something to write with for the program
- Maine Standards:
- E1 Biodiversity: Students compare living things based on their behaviors, external features, and environmental needs.
- E2 Ecosystems: Students describe ways organisms depend upon, interact within, and change the living and non-living environment as well as ways the environment affects organisms.
- Next Generation Science Standards:
- 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
- LS4.C: Adaptation: For any particular environment, some kinds of organisms survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Materials
ADAPTATIONS INTRODUCTION WORKSHEET . . . Students will determine basic survival needs and how people meet those needs. This can be a pre activity for the virtual program or it can be used on it's own.
Download Adaptations Introduction Worksheet- Survival Camp
ADAPTATIONS INTRODUCTION WORKSHEET- ANSWER KEY . . . Answer Key for the student worksheet: Adaptations Introduction Worksheet- Survival Camp
Download Adaptations Introduction Worksheet- Survival Camp Answer Key
ADAPTATIONS POST ACTIVITIES . . . Activities to be done after Amazing Animal Adaptations virtual program or after an adaptations lesson.
Last updated: April 1, 2022