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Animaland

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (233)

4.1

STUDENTS (86605)

4.3

LENGTH

5 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

A quick but engaging game that allows students to choose animals' external structures to best adapt the animal to its environment, and discover the relations between internal and external structures.

Vocabulary Words

external

structure

function

adapt

environment

predator

prey

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Animal Structure and Function. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

An organism is a living thing.

Survival is the ability of an organism to stay alive in its environment.

All organisms have structures, which are the physical parts that make up an organism.

The structures in an organism have different purposes, or functions.

The functions of internal and external structures support an organism’s survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Internal structures are located within an organism.

The functions of internal and external structures work together as part of a system in an organism.

External structures are located on the outside of an organism.(ES)

Vertebrate animals have a skeletal system that gives their bodies structure and helps them to move.

Vertebrate animals have a heart that pumps blood.

Lungs in animals carry oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide.

The brain is an internal structure in an animal that processes information from the environment.

An animal’s brain determines how it behaves in response to its environment.

The stomach of an animal is where food is digested.

Skin covers many animal bodies and protects them from their environments.

Behavior is how an organism responds to its environment.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is the difference between an internal structure and an external structure? How does a particular structure organism relate to the function of that part? How can an animal's external covering help it survive in its environment?

After the Game

Why did some structures work for one animal, but not another? Can you think of any other types of structures and their functions? What is an example of a structure that a bird has that a fish would not need?