Module 26: How Animals Adapt- Science 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to identify characteristics of animals that help them survive, investigate different types of beaks and determine what food they are best for eating, make observations about how animals use camouflage, and identify ways animals use mimicry to survive.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Eyes, Ears, and Beaks
  1. Identify characteristics of animals that help them survive.
  2. Investigate different types of beaks and determine what food they are best for eating.
2 Camouflage
  1. Make observations about how animals use camouflage.
3 Mimicry
  1. Identify ways animals use mimicry to survive.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
survival
animal characteristics
beaks
camouflage
adaptations
mimicry

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Eyes, Ears, and Beaks 6 Animal Characteristics Assignment
2 Camouflage 6 Camouflaged Chameleon Assignment
3 Mimicry 6 Mimicry Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Eyes, Ears, and Beaks After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain how the eyes, ears, and beaks of animals can help them survive and to give examples of animals that use their eyes, ears, and beaks to help them survive.
2 Camouflage After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain what camouflage is and how it impacts survival. Have them identify animals in their neighborhood that use camouflage to help them survive.
3 Mimicry After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain what mimicry is and how animals use it to survive.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Eyes, Ears, and Beaks
  1. What characteristics help animals survive?
Camouflage
  1. How does camouflage impact survival?
Mimicry
  1. What is mimicry?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 What Colour Is Camouflage? Carolyn Otto
2 Butterfly and the Bog Beast: A Book About Butterfly Camouflage Joanna Cole

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing