Evidence of Beavers at Lake Bray
This is a photo of the Great Horned Owl. Students in Oregon made over 235 words from Great Horned Owl. Words like tag, at, or, and the to name six.
How many words can you make?
Adaptation
The focus of the adaptation unit includes the following state standards.
Science Standards
| • 11. Describe how energy derived from the sun is used by plants to produce sugars (photosynthesis) and is transferred within a food chain from producers (plants) to consumers to decomposers. |
| • 10. Give examples of how organisms can cause changes in their environment to ensure survival. Explain how some of these changes may affect the ecosystem. |
| • 6. Give examples of how inherited characteristics may change over time as adaptations to changes in the environment that enable organisms to survive, e.g., shape of beak or feet, placement of eyes on head, length of neck, shape of teeth, color. |
| • 7. Give examples of how changes in the environment (drought, cold) have caused some plants and animals to die or move to new locations (migration). |
| • 8. Describe how organisms meet some of their needs in an environment by using behaviors (patterns of activities) in response to information (stimuli) received from the environment. Recognize that some animal behaviors are instinctive (e.g., turtles burying their eggs), and others are learned (e.g., humans building fires for warmth, chimpanzees learning how to use tools). |
• 9. Recognize plant behaviors, such as the way seedlings' stems grow toward light and their roots grow downward in response to gravity. Recognize that many plants and animals can survive harsh environments because of seasonal behaviors, e.g., in winter, some trees shed leaves, some animals hibernate, and other animals migrate. |
