Plant and animal adaptations: research task

Your group will be chosen to investigate one of the following features of plants and animals, which
can be seen in the list below. Your group will develop a two-minute presentation to share
your information with the class. You will have of 3 total lessons to develop and finish your
presentation. 1 lesson for planning, 1 lesson to research and one lesson to create your
presentations.

body covering

feet

camouflage

mouth and teeth

beaks

eyes

ears

feeding behaviours

leaves

migration

hibernation

burrowing

nocturnal

symbiotic

territorial

eusocial

Questions to answer

Is this a structural or a behavioural adaptation?

How does this feature help living things survive?

How does this feature in various living things differ according the environments in which they live?

What could happen to this feature if the environment in which the plant or animal lived changed in some
way?

Presentation requirements

Clearly define your feature.

Include at least four different plant and/or animal examples to explain your feature.

You have a choice with how you would like to present your groups investigation findings, however it
must be able to be uploaded to a computer. Therefore, you must also think about how you will record

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your presentation. You may wish to do a; Prezi, PowerPoint, information report, movie, song,
movement, etc. The choice is yours.

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