Classify animals according to their physical adaptations for obtaining food, oxygen, and surviving within a particular environment 0407.5.1

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1. Animal Adaptations - animals depend on their physical features to help them obtain food, keep safe, build homes, withstand weather, and attract mates. These physical features are called physical adaptations. Use this Utah Education Network page to investigate animal adaptations.
2. Build Your Own Caterpillar - Build a caterpillar with the tools for surviving in its environment. Look at the environment and then choose the parts that will help your caterpillar have the best chance for survival.
3. Designer Animals: Animal Adaptations - a Hot Chalk lesson plan about adaptation in animals - the idea that certain animals have developed features which help them survive in their environment.
   

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