Animal Adaptations

Third graders from Walls & Longcoy started their week studying endangered and extinct animals and reasons that an animal becomes endangered or extinct. This led to an investigation of how adaptations help an animal to survive in their environment. Students used a variety of online sources to learn about physical and behavioral adaptations, including an online game on adaptations and one on camouflage. As a culminating project for this part of the unit, students selected a specific adaptation to research, searching online for information and images of the adaptation and animals that use the adaptation. Students also explored how the adaptation helps animals to survive in their environment. Using Glogster, students created their own glog (an online multimedia poster) to report their findings.