Adaptations SlideShow and Guided Notes

Description

Help your middle school students understand animal adaptations with this engaging, visual slideshow and accompanying cloze notes!

This resource introduces students to the concept of adaptations and gives them a strong foundation for identifying, explaining, and analyzing adaptations in different organisms. The presentation uses familiar animals and real-world examples to make concepts accessible while encouraging students to think like scientists.

Students will learn that adaptations aren’t simply unusual characteristics—they are inherited traits that help organisms survive and reproduce in their environments.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• 15 slide slideshow (link to Canva) including: What is an adaptation? How is an adaptation different from an acclimation? 3 types of adaptations with examples.
• 2 page cloze notes with answer key (in PDF)