Creature Features
What do animals and plants need to survive? How do certain adaptations support these needs? Discover what it could look like to hand-pick adaptations and design the "perfect" underground scientist.
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During this unit, students explore what animals and plants need to survive. They also closely examine how certain adaptations support these needs. For the culminating activity, students create a mashup that represents the adaptations they believe would be best suited for the success of a scientist working nearly one mile below the surface at the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
Note: students are encouraged to go outside to "explore" life in Lesson 2. Spring and Fall are likely to yield more observations of living things.
Creature Features-- The Needs of Living Things