Science
Organisms & Life Processes
Conceptual
8–11 yrs
How animals adapt to environments
动物如何适应环境
Description
Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment and understand that adaptation may lead to evolution over time
Mastery Evidence
- 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
Assessment Prompt
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?
