Glossary

• Adaptation- the process of making adjustments due to the environment over time
• Basic needs- what is needed for life - food, water, shelter, and space
• Carnivore- An organism that consumes meat
• Carrying Capacity- The total number of any species that a given habitat will support at one time
• Climate- the long-term weather average of a large geographic area
• Habitat- A place in an ecosystem where a population lives
• Herbivore- An organism that consumes plants
• Omnivore- An organism who consumes both plants and meat
• Predator- An animal that kills and eats other animals
• Prey- Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
• Weather- the daily changes in the local atmosphere, caused by moving air and gases, tiny particles, and water vapor (wind, rain, snow, fog)

Video

Global Warming
http://www.brainpop.com//science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/globalwarming/

Food Chains
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/foodchains/

Water Pollution
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/waterpollution/

Air Pollution
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/airpollution/

Population and Growth
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/populationgrowth/

Greenhouse Effect
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/greenhouseeffect/

Humans and the Environment
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/humansandtheenvironment/

Natural Resources
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/naturalresources/

Cell Specialization
http://www.brainpop.com//science/livingsystems/cellspecialization/

Photosynthesis and Respiration
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/photosynthesisandrespiration/

Photosynthesis
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/photosynthesis/

Metamorphosis
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/metamorphosis/

Gills
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/gills/

Cell Structures
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/cellstructures/

Plant Growth
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/plantgrowth/

Active Transport
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/activetransport/

Passive Transport
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/passivetransport/

Symbiosis
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/symbiosis/

Pollination
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/symbiosis/

Ecosystems
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsandecosystems/ecosystems/

Natural Selection
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsandecosystems/naturalselection/

Extinction
http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsandecosystems/extinction/

Dinosaurs
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/dinosaurs/

Six Kingdoms
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sixkingdoms/

Classification
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/classification/

Mammals
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/mammals/

Reptiles
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/reptiles/

Amphibians
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/amphibians/

Birds
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/birds/

Human Evolution
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/humanevolution/

Invertebrates
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/invertebrates/

Arachnids
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/arachnids/

Insects
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/insects/

Honeybees
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/honeybees/

Bacteria
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/bacteria/

Carnivorous Plants
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/carnivorousplants/

Sponges
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sponges/

Mollusks
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/mollusks/

Activities

Lab Form - Blank 

Have A Seat (1.04)
Rock ' bye Baby Bear (1.05)
What's Your Adaptation (1.02)
What Bear Goes Where (1.02, 1.03)
Weathering The Storm (1.01)
The Ants Come Marching One By One (1.05)

Literature Connections

Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky By Georgia Herd
Short poems about birds, animals and wild creatures. 1.02, 1.05

Stellaluna By Janell Cannon
A baby bat is raised by a bird when she falls into the nest. 1.02, 1.05

Fur, Feathers, and Flippers: How Animals Live Where They Do
By Patricia Lauber
Annimals have developed many different abilities to enable them to live in different habitats.
1.02, 1.03, 1.05

The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book About Animal Habitats
By Patricia Relf
Ms. Fizzle's class learns about different living conditions animals require.
1.02, 1.03, 1.05

Hiding Out: Camouflage in the Wild By James Martin
Text and photographs explore how animals use camouflage to survive. 1.03

What Color is Camouflage? By Carolyn Otto
Explains how animals, birds, reptiles, and insects vary their makings
and color to hide from their enemies and respond to their environment. 1.03

Rabbit Hill By Robert Lawson
New folks are coming to live in the big house. The animals of Rabbit Hill
wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers. 1.04

The Story of Doctor Dolittle By Hugh Lofting
The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals
and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with
some of his favorite pets to cure monkeys of a terrible sickness. 1.05

Every Living Thing: Stories By Cynthia Rylant
Twelve stories in which animals change people's lives for the better. 1.05

Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge By Bill Wallace
Liz tells her zoologist father he must get rid of all the homeless animals
he keeps at their house or she'll never win the sixth-grade class presidency,
but when they're gone she misses them and learns there are
more important things than winning. 1.05

Technology Connections

This interactive site allows students to take quizes and play interactive games
dealing with different types of animals and their behaviors. http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/browse_topics/wildlife.cfm#top

This website will allow you to interactively search different areas to see an
animal's behavior and adaptation to their surroundings.
http://www.googleearth.com

This website allows students to recognize different types of animals in their habitats.
It explores the adaptations of the animals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/food_chains.shtml

Ecokids – Animal adaptation (1.02)
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

EekOWorld – Animal interconnectedness / Ecosystems. Click on “plants and animals” to see the video
http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index_flash.html

What do animals eat?
http://www.quia.com/jw/58887.html

Living Things – Food Chains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/food_chains.shtml

Habitats
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml

Who Am I? Interactive Animal Quiz
http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/quiz/

Animal Classification -- Interactive Game
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

How Much Do You Know About Animals? (interactive quiz)
http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/quizzes/animal_quiz/animal_quiz.html

Enter the Hive – Daily Life of the Honeybee
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/hive_flash.html

Artic Adventure
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/arctic_flash.html

Crocodiles vs. Alligators
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/gators_flash.html

Termite Teamwork
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/termite_flash.html

Animal Emotion -- Inside the Animal Mind
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/emotions_flash.html

Snapshot Tour of India
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/tour_flash.html

Himalayan Hike Game
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/hike_flash.html

Big Red Roo’s Boxing Tournament – Learn about Australian animals
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/hive_flash.html

Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

Classifying Animals
http://www.quia.com/jg/269580.html

Animal Adaptations and Food Chains
http://www.quia.com/jg/1036117.html

Animals (hangman game)
http://www.quia.com/hm/276671.html

Simple Animals (concentration game)
http://www.quia.com/jg/65853.html

Artic Tundra Animals
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/tundraA.html

Desert Animals
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/desertA.html

Rainforest Animals
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rforestA.html

Decidious Forest Animals
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/dforestA.html

Tropical Savannah Animals
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/savannahA.html

Taiga Animals
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/taigaA.html

Questions

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