Physical or Behavioral Adaptation Sort
3rd grade animal adaptations sort: place twelve cards into physical and behavioral columns, then explain how one of each helps an animal survive.
3rd Grade Animal Adaptations Worksheets
3rd grade animal adaptations worksheets: physical and behavioral adaptations, animals matched to their habitats, camouflage, a design-an-animal page and a check.
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Animal Adaptations worksheets to download
Camouflage Reading Passage
3rd grade camouflage reading passage: arctic fox, stick insect, chameleon, flounder and tiger, with eight questions and an answer key.
Design an Animal for a Habitat
3rd grade design an animal worksheet: pick desert, Arctic, rainforest or ocean, draw an animal and explain three adaptations. Sample answers included.
Adaptations Match-Up
3rd grade animal adaptations match-up: eight body parts to eight jobs, from an eagle's eyes to a turtle's shell, plus four sentences to finish.
Animal Adaptations Check
3rd grade animal adaptations check: five multiple-choice questions, six physical or behavioral items and a short answer, with an answer key.
Curriculum objectives covered
“Tell physical adaptations (body parts or features) from behavioral adaptations (things an animal does).”
“Explain how an adaptation helps an animal survive.”
RI.3.1
“Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.”
RI.3.4
“Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.”
“Match an animal's adaptations to the conditions of its habitat.”
“Classify adaptations as physical or behavioral.”
“Match an animal body part to the job it does for survival.”
“Write a sentence explaining how an adaptation helps an animal.”
“Define an adaptation and say how a body part or behavior helps an animal survive.”
“Tell physical adaptations from behavioral adaptations.”
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