SAVE MORE THAN 20% on fun adaptations lessons! Get engaging activities to teach students about STRUCTURAL, BEHAVIORAL, and PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptations that affect the probability of successful reproduction in plants and animals.
Addresses NGSS MS-LS1-4: Use an argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants.
This money-saving bundle includes the following:
- Adaptations Notes Presentation with Fill-in-the-Blanks Worksheet: This presentation (both PPT and Google Slides provided) gives students a brief introduction to the topic. As they view the presentation, students fill in blanks on a provided Cloze worksheet.
- Animals Adaptations Reading with Questions: Students read about interesting structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations in animals. After the reading, students answer text-dependent questions on a 2-page worksheet. Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign.
- Plant Adaptations Reading with Questions: Students read about interesting structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations in plants. After the reading, students answer text-dependent questions on a 2-page worksheet. Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign.
- Adaptations CER & Data Analysis Stations: Rigorous! Students visit 12 stations. Each station has a station card with text-based information, a simple data table, or a simple graph. They analyze this information to answer a question. They answer each question using the claims-evidence-reasoning format based on evidence from the card. Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign.
- Adaptations Quiz: This assessment includes 15 multiple-choice questions about structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations. It’s a mix of definition-type questions as well as higher-level analysis questions.
Teacher Notes:
- Includes all answer keys.
- Please note that these adaptations lessons are not editable.
- Go paperless! Several included lessons include both spring and digital Google Slides options to assign.
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