Unit 2 Adaptations of Living Things
Reading 1: Changes in Ecosystems
Franklin Park Zoo Project on Animal Adaptations (click for Instructions and Scoring Guide)
Environmental enrichment encourages animals to use their natural abilities and behaviors to interact with their environment. It increases activity and offers an opportunity for animals to make choices and experience new things like they would in the wild. Zoo New England’s enrichment program nurtures the environmental needs of the animals at both Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and Stone Zoo in Stoneham. To find out more about this program, click to take a Virtual Field Trip of the Zoo.
ANIMAL RESEARCH WEBSITES
Franklin Park Zoo Animals
a-z animals
For general information on adaptations, click Animal Adaptations
National Geographic
Animal Diversity Website (red panda)
Animal Arkive
Wildlife Conservation Society (Andean Condor)
World Wildlife Organization (amur leopard, red panda)
The National Smithsonian Zoo
San Diego Zoo Animals
Franklin Park Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Atlanta Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Toronto Zoo Videos and Games
Biome and Ecosystems Research Websites
Biomes of the World
Biomes
Biomes - Short Descriptions
Enchanted Learning Biomes
Study Jams by Scholastic -- Independent Science Study
Plant Adaptations
Animal Adaptations
Heredity
Ecosystems
Changes in Ecosystems
Biomes
Food Chains
Food Webs
- Get the Study Sheet and the Vocabulary Sheets needed.
- Click the link, Play the Video, Take the Quiz.
- Write your score on the Study Sheet. Take it as many times as you want.
- Use the study sheet to complete your Science Vocabulary. Turn in the study sheet when you are done. Put the vocabulary sheets in your Science Binder.
Plant Adaptations
Animal Adaptations
Heredity
Ecosystems
Changes in Ecosystems
Biomes
Food Chains
Food Webs