Science For Kids - Lesson Plans
Understanding Life Systems (Grade 4)
Habitats and Communities - How Does an Animal Adapt to its Habitat?
- from EcoKids, ecokids.ca. Reproduced with the permission of Earth Day Canada, copyright 2008
While participating in hands-on/minds-on activities, students will work individually, with a partner, and in small cooperative learning groups to understand the meaning of camouflage. Students will learn to identify adaptations found in different organisms that illustrate specific natural survival strategies.
Time: 100 minutes (total)
30 minutes for the Introductory Activity (Schema Activation - Animal's Natural Defences)
40 minutes for the Enhancing Activity (Hook - Butterfly Camouflage Game and Turtle Camouflage Activity)
30 minutes for the Culminating Activity (Camouflage Concentration Game)
Introductory Activity:
(Schema Activation - Animal Natural Defences)
Enhancing Activity:
(Hook -Butterfly Camouflage Game and Turtle Camouflage Activity)
Butterfly Camouflage Game
Turtle Camouflage Activity
Culminating Activity:
(Camouflage Concentration Game)
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