Third graders have been learning about the physical and behavioral adaptations of animals. As their culminating project, students designed and constructed an animal species using their knowledge of adaptations and their own creativity. Some criteria included structural adaptations that allowed for an offense or defense against predators and instinctive behavioral adaptations, such as camouflaging to hide from a predator or burrowing underground during hibernation. Students also needed to consider their animal’s place within a food chain, its lifecycle, and a habitat suited for its ecosystem. Our third grade zoologists presented these new species to their classmates in person as well as virtually to family members near and far.
– Leigh Twarog, third grade teacher
