ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 8–11
How animals adapt to environments
Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment and understand that adaptation may lead to evolution over time
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- Define adaptation as a feature that helps an organism survive in its environment
- Give at least three examples of adaptations in different organisms and explain how each helps survival
- Explain that over many generations, organisms with helpful adaptations survive and reproduce more, leading to evolution
“Can your child explain how a camel's humps, a cactus's thick skin, or a polar bear's white fur help them survive where they live, and how these adaptations developed over time?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 8–11
Standards
ngss-k5:3-LS4-3uk-nc-2013:Y6.Sci.EI.3