Adaptation Stations

What animal What What other What happened when How does this
did your adaptation animals have the type of adaptation adaptation help the
activity did you this was changed? animal survive in it’s
represent? investigate? adaptation? (e.g. type of beak) environment?

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 Why do some animals have claws?
Which type of foot will be easier to dig with?
Time how long it takes to reach the bug in each
container.
1. Place the oven mitt on your hand and dig
through the dirt to find the bug and pick it up.
2. Repeat the first step for the webbed foot glove
and the claw glove.
Which type of foot was easier and quicker to dig
with?
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Why do some animals have
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beaks?
Which type of beak is easier to pick up food with?
1. Take a container that is filled with seeds, Nerds
and gummy worms.
2. Use each type of beak and try to pick up the
food.
Which type of beak was easier to pick up the
gummy worms with? How about the seeds?
Why do some animals camouflage?
Which colours are easier to camouflage with?
1. Take an animal cut out and colour it in.
2. Place the cut out in the environment. Does it
blend in?
What colours are easier to camouflage in a
rainforest environment? How about a desert
environment?
Why do some animals have
blubber?
Does blubber really help keep you warm?
1. Place your hand in the ice cold water and see
how long you can keep your hand in there.
2. Place your hand in the zip lock bag with the
blubber.
3. Place your hand in the ice cold water and see
how long you can keep it there.
Can you feel the cold? Did the blubber keep your
hand warm?