CONCEPT COMPARISON TABLE

OVERALL CONCEPT

science concepts
CONCEPT

migratio
n
CHARACTERISTICS

occurs during
winter
animals do this
to survive cold
winters
animals travel to
warmer areas to
find more food
animals migrate
in groups

LIKE CHARACTERISTICS

CONCEPT

CONCEPT

adaptati
on

hibernati
on
CHARACTERISTICS

occurs during
winter
animals do this to
survive cold
winters
animals enter a
state of sleep
due to lack of food
during winter,
animals use stored
fat

animals travel to
warmer areas
animals migrate in
groups

SUMMARY

UNLIKE CHARACTERISTICS

animals enter a state of

sleep
animals use stored fat
for nutrients

Create three scenarios

that would make an
animal
A) migrate
B) hibernate
C) adapt

CHARACTERISTICS

occurs during
winter and other
seasons
animals change
their methods for
finding food
animals adapt
when their
environment is
drastically
changed

occurs during winter

animals do this to survive cold winters
animals do this to find new sources of food

EXTENSIONS

Communicated Targeted
Concepts
Obtain the Overall Concept
Make Lists of Known
Characteristics
Pin Down Like Characteristics
Assemble Like Categories
Record Unlike Characteristics
Identity Unlike Characteristics
Nail Down a Summary
LIKE
CATEGORIES
Go
Beyond
the Basics

can occur in any

season
animals change
their methods for
finding food

animals motivation
(survival)
occurs in the same time
frame

UNLIKE CATEGORIES

number of animals
participating
location

Migration, hibernation, and adaptation are all science concepts. They are all motivated by survival and
occur in the winter. They differ because some require a change of location. They are also different because
some occur in groups.