Physiology: Adaptations Lesson Plan

Grade Level

3rd-5th Grade

Objectives

Students will demonstrate their understanding of animal adaptations in a
creative way by designing an animal labeled with adaptations appropriate to its environment and then writing about how the animal’s adaptations help them survive in their environment.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Language Arts LA.B.1.2: The student uses writing processes effectively.
Language Arts LA.B.2.2.5 The student creates narratives in which ideas, details, and events are in logical order and are relevant to the storyline.
Science SC.G.1.2.1 The student knows ways that plants, animals, and protists interact.
Science SC.G.1.2.2 The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment.
Science SC.G.1.2.5 The student knows that animals eat plants or other animals to acquire the energy they need for survival.

National Standards:

Content Standard C (K-4) – Characteristics of organisms: Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
Content Standard C (5-8) – Diversity and adaptations of organisms: Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.