Saturday 23 February 2013

Adaptations

This is a super short post because it's late and my bed is calling :)

We discussed animal adaptations as part of our Rainforest unit this week - how animals adapt to different climates, what specific adaptations some rainforest animals have etc. - and then the kids created their own animals with adaptations that would help them to survive in 4 teacher-invented environments. (I had a lot of fun inventing the habitats - and making my own Wonderfully Weird Whangdoodle as a model) I used this mini project as a formative assessment to see how much the kids had understood of the film and discussion and I think they did a great job! :)

What do you think of these new species? :)


I LOVE the magnification boxes on this one!!
(also the fact that it lives in a "dessert" instead of a "desert" :)






Edit Note: I put this together into a freebie package which you can find here if you think you'd like to try this fun project. Here's what it looks like :)



2 comments:

  1. I love this idea! Thank you for sharing! I'll have to remember it for when we get to adaptations!!

    Amanda
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    1. If you want all our charts and information just let me know :) Maybe I should put them together a bit more neatly and make it a freebie - think I'll do that :)

      Lynn

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