Adaptation
This program is action packed, full of games, stories and exploration. Understand the complex concept of adaptation in a fun and simple way. Learn how mice build nests, how foxes stalk, how geese migrate, what animal signs to look for.
| (This program can be modified to suit any grade) |
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Curriculum Links & Expectations:
Grade 2 : Science and Technology
| Life Systems - Growth and Changes in Animals |
| 2s1 |
demonstrate an understanding of the similarities and differences among various types of animals and the ways in which animals adapt to different environmental conditions; |
| 2s2 |
investigate physical and behavioural characteristics and the process of growth of different types of animals; |
| 2s5 |
identify and describe behavioural characteristics that enable animals to survive (e.g., migration, dormancy, hibernation); |
| 2s6 |
classify a variety of animals using observable characteristics (e.g., size, body covering, teeth); |
| 2s7 |
compare ways in which animals eat their food (e.g., tear flesh, crack shells), move, and use their environment to meet their needs (e.g., gather grass and twigs to build nests); |
| 2s11 |
describe ways in which animals respond and adapt to their environment (e.g., weasels change colour for camouflage in summer and winter; mammals living in colder climates have longer fur); |
Grade 4 : Science and Technology
| Life Systems - Habitats and Communities |
| 4s2 |
investigate the dependency of plants and animals on their habitat and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living in a specific habitat; |
| 4s7 |
describe structural adaptations of plants and animals that demonstrate a response of the living things to their environment (e.g., the height of a plant depends on the amount of sunlight the plant gets; many animals that live in the Arctic have white fur); |
Grade 6 : Science and Technology
| Life Systems - Diversity of Living Things |
| 6s2 |
investigate classification systems and some of the processes of life common to all animals (e.g., growth, reproduction, movement, response, and adaptation); |
| 6s12 |
formulate questions about and identify the needs of different types of animals, and explore possible answers to these questions and ways of meeting these needs (e.g., design an experiment to study whether certain insects will grow larger if given large quantities of food); |
| 6s14 |
use appropriate vocabulary, including correct science and technology terminology, in describing their investigations and observations (e.g., use terms such as organism, species, structure, and kingdom in describing classification of animals); |
