ORIGINALLESSONPLAN

Name:AnneCoustalin

Grade 6 Topic Behavioral Adaptations

Date AllottedTime 1hr, 5 minutes

1. Rationale:Whyisthislessonrelevantatthistimewiththesestudents?

This lesson will continue to solidify the concept of animal adaptations, and will expand on the concept
of behavioral adaptations. It will also encourage students to look at their own adaptations and determine
whether they are structural or behavioral.

2. ProvincialLearningOutcome(s):WhatIRPoutcome(s)doesthislessondevelop?

Analyze how different organisms adapt to their environments.

A3 listen purposefully to understand and analyze ideas and information, by
generating questions
visualizing and sharing
making inferences and drawing conclusions

3. Assessment

LessonOutcome SourcesofEvidence Criteria

Whatwillstudentslearn? What product or action will Whatwillyoulookforinthis
show what students have evidence?
learned?

Students will learn to
distinguish behavioral from
structural adaptations.
Students will look at short film
clips of various animals and try
to identify and distinguish
behavioural and structural
adaptations for each.
I will look for the ability to
distinguish between structural
and behavioral adaptations.

Students will learn about human
adaptations.
Students will work with an
organizer to identify structural
and behavioral adaptations they
have and why they have them.
I will look for the ability to
correctly identify structural and
behavioral adaptations, as well
as an understanding of how
adaptations are directly linked
to factors in the environment.

4. Resources,MaterialandPreparation:Whatresources,materialsandpreparationarerequired?
 Forthislesson,Iwillrequire:
Videoofbirdsofparadise,baitball,NewCaledonianCrows,andRaccoons.
Preparedtableforkeepingtrackofstructuralandbehavioraladaptations
Purposeofadaptationsdocumentforoverhead

5. Lesson Development Pacing

Introduction:Howwillyouintroducethislessoninamannerthat
engagesstudentsandactivatestheirthinking?

We will have a refresher of the vocabulary and I will put up the document on the 15 mins
overhead saying why animals have adaptations. Students will have to keep their copy
handy while watching the movies.
15 mins
Then well jump in and watch the first movie.

Bait ball: to 3:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1m6IKiO26c&feature=related

Well brainstorm (as a class) adaptations of the

Mackerel
Dolphins
Tuna 10 mins
Shearwaters

Teaching/LearningSequence:Whatstepsandactivitiesareyou
goingtousetohelpstudentsacquireandpracticetheknowledge,skills
and/orattitudesneededtomeettheoutcome?

Have students individually write down as many adaptations as they can see.
(Individually). Do this one film at a time using prepared table.
35 mins.
Short video of mating bird of paradise http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=L54bxmZy_NE
Tool making crows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwVhrrDvwPM
Racoons (start at 40 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpoqOnlyVEU

After each one, I will give students two minutes to share their findings with the
group and will tell each group to be ready to share with the class. In the
resulting discussion we will determine whether adaptations are structural or
behavioral.

Note: while structural adaptations take generations to manifest and become

prevalent, behavioral ones can be adopted quite quickly within a generation.

Closure:Howwillyousolidifythelearningthathastakenplaceand
deepenthelearningprocess?
I will tell students that humans have adaptations too, and its important to
figure out whether they are behavioral or structural.

We will discuss the ways humans are different from other animals (adapt
environment to suit them). 15 minutes

Ask students to think about their own bodies and behaviours. What can they
identify that helps them in the way that adaptations do? For this part, I will
have the purpose of adaptations on the overhead for them to refer to. I will ask
students to do this individually so that I can collect sheets for formative
assessment.

Students will be able to work with an organizer here so that they know to
address what the adaptation is and why they have it.
They may have more time for this later if needed.