Animal Adaptations Research Project for Middle School

Unlock student’s creativity with this fully digital and print animal adaptations research project for middle school! Stretch your student’s imagination to create their very own animal with a combination of structural and behavioral adaptations. Then they’ll create a presentation and physical model of their new animal. 

Finally, students will have to prove whether or not their animal can live in one of three mystery environments using evidence from their adaptations. Don’t tell them ahead of time - you’ll want them to determine based on the animals adaptations whether or not they can live there!

This week long animal adaptations project is no-prep and engaging, so you can save time planning and keep students engaged! This project is a perfect addition to any middle school animal adaptations unit. 

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This resource includes: 

✨ Fully digital and fully print versions of the entire project for maximum classroom flexibility

✨ Complete and editable directions to customize for your class and save you time

✨Student research outline planning page including space for three behavioral adaptations and five structural adaptations

✨Three mystery environment slides (not editable) with editable directions - rainforest, taiga, and desert biomes to give you flexibility in assigning tasks and accommodating students 

✨Research links for each mystery environment so that students have quick, easy information to make their arguments

✨Directions to create a QR code for their presentations - great for showing off models in halfway display cases or showing to parents! 

To learn more about animal adaptations, check out:

Adaptations & Survival

Living Things Change

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