In this activity, students play a board game in which players try to ensure the survival of their animal species while dealing with problems (such as habitat destruction, pollution, or natural disasters) the animals encounter during the game. Prior to the game, the book Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers should be read aloud to the students and used to engage student thinking about human and environmental impact on animal survival.

In this video, students learn that, through adaptation, organisms develop certain features that aid their survival. They pass these on to future generations through the process of natural selection.

In this citizen science project, students observe and document the behaviors of animals before, during, and after totality of the eclipse.

-Creativity- Students must create a new animal in SwitchZoo. They must incorporate various animal body parts of their choosing.   -Communication- Students are creating a Google Doc to explain the animal that they have created. The student’s will tell the animal’s name, what animal body parts it has, what habitat it will need to survive in, what adaptations it will have to make in order to survive. -Critical Thinking- Students have to use higher order thinking in order to determine how their animal will survive given the animal body parts that they have chosen. Students will brainstorm what the animal will need for the given habitat that it lives in. They will have to figure out what it will eat, what it will use for shelter, and how it will survive.

In this lesson, students understand and cite examples of basic needs within familiar ecosystems. Students will also understand that if basic needs are not met, organisms may become threatened, endangered, or extinct.

Students plot the migration routes of leatherback sea turtles, which satellites are tracking as the turtles cross the Atlantic Ocean.

In this lesson, students look at data tables and bar graphs showing patterns among different birds at birdfeeders.

In this inquiry-based lesson, students learn the steps of the scientific method as they conduct an experiment to explore the behavior of termites.

Students find out how people and animals affect each other as they work through the simulation, helping protect Loggerhead sea turtles and their habitat, so they can survive.

This game occurs inside the ecosystem of an estuary on the west coast of the United States. Following a young girl named Valerie, players interact with Oscar the sea otter, and the fictional Claminator, a geoduck clam. To succeed, players must learn about the factors that produce healthy estuaries, food webs, and why estuaries are essential to both ocean life and to humans.

In this lesson, students will use a Burlese funnel to observe how environmental changes affect organisms.

Students learn about habitats, and why and how animals and plants are best suited to particular habitats.

This informational text introduces students to the life cycle and life of the arctic wolf. The pack life is described including caring for young, hunting and how they deal with the summers of no darkness and winters of no sunlight. The text is written at a grade four through grade five reading level. This version is a full-color PDF that can be printed, cut and folded to form a book. Each book contains color photographs and illustrations.

Students imagine that they are working on a project to research animal behavior. As part of their research, they analyze video and record their observations.

In this lesson, students investigate native species and their habitats and determine if their habitats are being affected by development. Students will then create a real estate ad for a habitat home for a plant or animal that describes the organism's environmental needs.