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Adapt-O-Tron

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COMBINED RATING

3.9 Stars

TEACHERS (35)

3.8

STUDENTS (20466)

4.0

LENGTH

15 Minutes

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Description

A.L.O, a friendly robot from the future has come back in time in need of your help! The animals of the future are not adapting and becoming extinct! Can you use A.L.O's Adapt-O-Tron to adapt the animals correctly, making them perfectly suited to their environments? Or will you end up with a wolf with a beak or a mouse with hooves!

Vocabulary Words

adaptation

natural selection

extinction

habitats

predator

prey

hibernation

behavioral adaptation

structural adaptation

ecosystem

food chain

migration

traits

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Adaptation. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Adaptations are the physical structures, internal processes, or behaviors that improve an organism's chances of survival in its environment.

Hibernation is an example of a behavioral adaptation.

Migration is an example of a behavioral adaptation.

Natural selection can be influenced by a change in available resources.

Organisms display behavioral adaptations that help them survive in their environment.

Organisms have structural adaptations that help them survive in their environment.

Organisms have functional or physiological adaptations that help them survive in their environment.

Organisms can be classified based on common physical characteristics.

Short- and long-term environmental changes to an ecosystem can affect the populations within the ecosystem.

High genetic variation improves the chances that a species can survive a change in the environment.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What are some traits that an animal may have that help them to survive? What factors can determine the traits that animals in certain ecosystems may need? What is an adaptation and how is it beneficial to an animal?

After the Game

What is the difference between structural and behavioral adaptations? What are some examples of structural adaptations and some examples of behavioral adaptations? How did you decide which adaptations to give your animal? How did the environment /ecosystem that your animal lives in determine the adaptations that would be most beneficial?