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Standard 5
Students will understand that traits are passed from the parent organisms to their offspring, and that sometimes the offspring may possess variations of these traits that may help or hinder survival in a given environment.
Objective 2
Describe how some characteristics could give a species a survival advantage in a particular environment.
 
  • Animal Adaptations
    In this lesson, students will participate in classroom discussions and visit a website to learn more about animals and how well (or poorly) they've adapted to satisfying their needs in their natural habitats. This will help move them toward the goal, in later grades, of understanding ecosystems.
  • NPS: Plant Adaptations Field Trip
    This National Park Service group of lesson plans teach that plants that live in the high desert climate have various adaptations that help them survive and thrive.
  • Teaching Kits: Utah Geological Survey
    Geology-Related Teaching Kits.
  • Water Biomes of the World
    You'll find a wide variety of animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems...aquatic birds... amphiphians..mammals and of course, a wide variety of fish. And the water cycle is very important to fresh water ecosystems.

 

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