Objectives:
• Children will be able to define adaptations.
• Children will be able to create an imaginary animal with real adaptations using their
background knowledge of animal adaptations.
Materials:
• Stories and illustrations created in Fact and Fiction I
• Paper
• Colored crayons, markers, or pencils
• Pencil or pen
• Chalkboard or easel paper
Activities:
Begin by having students share their animal adaptation stories from Fact and Fiction I. If the Fact and
Fiction I was not used, begin with the step below (#2).
After sharing the stories, have children list the different types of animal adaptations they know about.
Write these adaptations on the chalkboard or easel paper. Have the children discuss the ways that
these adaptations are used and how they help the animals.
After discussing animal adaptations, explain that today the children get to create their very own animal
with special adaptations. Using their knowledge of animal adaptations and their imaginations, the
children should create a brand new animal with a special adaptation and be prepared to write about
how that adaptation helps the animal survive. The simplest way to carry this out is to use a real
animal, adding the special adaptation to it. For example, one animal could be a lion with webbed feet
to help it swim. Whatever the example, children should be able to explain why they chose the animal
and how its new adaptation helps the animal. Also, children can and should use their imaginations to
create an animal with a new adaptation.
When the children have decided upon an animal, they should color and "design" the animal, giving it a
name. When the children have finished designing their animal, they should then write a paragraph
about why this new adaptation will help the animal. This will help develop critical thinking about the
why and how of animal adaptations
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