Adaptations

 
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On-Line Activities

Animal Adaptations
Students are provided with a list of links and then asked a series of questions that relate to animal adaptations.

Animal Adaptation E-Safari
This site sponsors E-Safaris which are a place students can go to explore animals and their adaptations.

Animal Adaptation Web Adventure
This site has a number of activities that students can use to test their adaptation knowledge.

Animal Adaptations Quiz
Students are greeted with vivid pictures and questions about different animal
adaptations.

Animal Defense
This site allows students to sample Internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the adaptations that animals have made to protect themselves.

Camouflage Field Book
The site asks students to choose an environment and place animals appropriately to be hidden.

Hide A Beast
This site allows visitors to mix and match color schemes, patterns, and habitats to see how camouflage works best for a species.

If You Can’t Run You’ve Got to Hide
The site explores how animals blend into their environment to survive. Visual examples and suggested activities are included.

Investigate and Report on Animal Adaptations
Dirtmeister challenges students to investigate animal adaptation by selecting one animal, preferably one found in their local area, and report on the ways it is adapted to its environment.

Plant Adaptations WebQuest
In this WebQuest, students will be able to search for the answers to questions about different plant adaptations and to design a "garden" in a chosen environment.

Seeing Through Camouflage
This activity allows visitors to explore four types of camouflage used by animals.