1. Animal Adaptations

2.
Identify physical and behavioral adaptations that enable animals such as amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, and mammals to survive in a particular environment.

3. vocabulary
Adaptation- a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment
Vertebrate – an animal with a back bone
Life cycle – all the stages an organism goes through from beginning of life to death

4. Adaptations – Study jams

5. Focus Questions
How do animals live in places that are so hot, cold, wet, or dark?
2.Which animals are more likely to share an environment with a Jack rabbit?
3.Pretend that you are an animal that lives in the Artic; what adaptations would you need to live there?

6. TCAP Coach Model how to extract information from the text –
Pg (fish, amphibians, reptile)
Group Work - birds
Independent practice- mammals

7. Fish (adaptation for watery environment) Fins
Breathes through gills instead of lungs
Chemical to keep cold climate fish from freezing

8. Amphibian
Begin life in water - breathes with gills instead of lungs- swims using a tail
2nd part of life on land – develops legs and lungs
Life cycle includes stages- eggs, larva(tadpole, adult)

9. Reptile- snake and lizard
Body temp goes up and down along with temperature of their environment
Scales to hold in water
Behaviors to survive- nocturnal because its cooler – under rock in the daytime

10. Bird Bodies adapted for flight ------Light weight bones
Wings instead of arms Covered with feathers
(warmth and flight)
Water birds give of oils from their skin to make them waterproof
Various shaped feet to help them live or eat in their environment (webbed, grasping, wading, and raptor)
Various shaped beaks to help get and eat food (leaves seeds, fruit, insect, grub)

11. Mammal
Cold environment - Fur to keep warm and camouflage (ex. Polar bear)
Blubber – layer of fat to keep water mammals and polar bears warm in a cold environment
Desert mammals – large ears to stay cool
Drink almost no water –able to get all the water they need from the food they eat

12. Focus Questions
How do animals live in places that are so hot, cold, wet, or dark?
2.Which animals are more likely to share an environment with a Jack rabbit?
3.Pretend that you are an animal that lives in the Artic; what adaptations would you need to live there?

13. use notes to find the page the information is on. 10 minutes
Group-
use notes to find the page the information is on. 10 minutes

14. shark frog bear hawk alligator
Place an x in the correct box for each animal and write it’s adaptation citing the text.
amphibians
reptiles
birds
fish
mammals
shark
frog
bear
hawk
alligator

15. Quick End
An _____________ is a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in is environment. (knowledge)
2.Can you list one example for each: fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal? (application)
3.There are two types of adaptation. What are they? Explain how a bear uses both to survive in its habitat. (analysis

16. Adaptations – Study jams
Whiteboard questions.