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=~*Resources for Teachers*~ =

References Animal Adaptations. Utah Education Network. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from @http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750

This article that can be found on the Utah Education Network is extremely helpful for teachers who want to incorporate a scavenger hunt in their week long lesson plan. It is a great way to teach children how to navigate through the internet while expanding their knowledge on animal adaptations.

Animal Adaptations. //TeacherVision// . Retrieved April 18, 2010, from http://www.teachervision.fen.com/ecological-adaptation/animals /6989.html

This website is excellent because it provides several links to other resources pertaining to animal adaptations. In includes a variety of lesson plans, worksheets, and group activities for different age groups.

Animal Adaptations Vocabulary. //Quia//. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from @http://www.quia.com/jg/2373list.html

Quia offers a whole list of vocabulary terms that directly relate to topics discussed in an animal adaptations lesson plan. It is a great source for teachers because it saves time that teachers would otherwise need to come up with vocabulary terms on their own.

Animal Adaptations: Physical and Behavioral. //eMINTS//. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from @http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000219.shtml

This lesson plan is very beneficial because it includes all of the resources used to come up with the lesson plan on both physical and behavioral adaptations.

Kerr, R. Designer Animal. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from @http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceAnimalAdaptations58.htm

This lesson plan on designing animals created by R. Kerr is great for including an activity where students are able to express their creativity by putting their skills to the test and designing their very own animal that must be able to survive in a given environment.

Scholastic. //Teaching Resources, Children's Book Recommendations, and Student Activities | Scholastic.com//. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from @http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/adaptation/index.htm

This is a great hands-on lesson plan that shows children visually what it means to be adapted to an environment. Text 2 Mind Map. //Text 2 Mind Map: The text-to-mind-map converter//. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from @http://www.text2mindmap.com/

The text 2 mind map is a great tool for creating graphic organizers. I used this to show my students the differences between structural and behavioral adaptations.

Top 10 Animal Adaptations: Creature Countdowns: Animal Planet. //Animal Planet//. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from @http://animal.discovery.com/tv/a-list/creature-countdowns/adaptations/adaptations.html

This video is a wonderful way to show students examples of different adaptations. Animal Planet provides a lot of fun-filled videos for the learning environment.

Interface. //Harcourt School Publishers//. Retrieved April 21, 2010, from @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/110/deploy/interface.html

This video on camouflage is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom. I included this video in my lesson plan to show the students visually how animals use camouflage to blend in with their environments.

Skoool: Adaptations and Survival. //Skoool Homepage//. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from @http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/keystage3/biology/pc/learningsteps/ADSLC/launch.html

This video on adaptations and survival from the United Kingdom serves as a great review at the end of a week long lesson plan. I used this video to review all of the concepts the students learned throughout the week before they took their test.