Animal Adaptations Lesson: Behavior, Migration & Hibernation, Grades 3-5

Why do huge flocks of cranes fly south each fall? Students start with that question and learn that an adaptation can be something an animal does, not only a body part. Slides cover migration (monarchs and caribou), hibernation (a little brown bat whose heart slows to about 10 beats a minute), living in a herd (elk), and night activity (a great horned owl), then separate instinct from learned behavior using sea turtle hatchlings and a pet that learns its name.

What's inside

• 16 slides, with speaker notes on all 16
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page

Answer key included

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