Vocabulary: Adaptation
a characteristic that helps living things adjust or change in order to survive in their environment
Students will create field guides using taxonomic classifications of native Texas wildlife. They will identify
Students will learn and identify the basic needs of all living things, with a focus
Students will observe bird adaptations as they conduct an investigation using tools such as beaks.
Students will recognize and learn the importance of the different adaptations of native Texas birds,
Students will learn the difference between inherited traits, inherited behaviors, and learned behaviors.
Students will observe, record, and compare Texas wildlife based on their body coverings and the
Students select from a variety of bat features to create a “Frankenbat”, then learn how
Students will compare a bird feather to a constructed model, and then test its physical
Students will be able to determine how nesting locations and egg shapes are related to
Students will compare and give examples of ways living organisms depend on each other for
