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Three-toed sloths have a clever way of protecting themselves from nature's fiercest predators.

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Read Three-toed Sloths: Green Mammals on Epic

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Three-toed Sloths: Green Mammals kids' book from the leading digital reading platform with a collection of 40,000+ books from 250+ of the world's best publishers. Read now on Epic.

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Do you ever find yourself wondering about something? Join Kaden in this episode of I WONDER to answer the question, what is an adaptation? Explore the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute to answer this question, discover different examples of animal adaptations, and learn why they are important.

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Creaturepedia from PBS Kids' Wild Kratts is a fun way for kids to explore all the amazing "creature powers" that allow animals to survive and thrive. Aviva's PowerSuit Maker is an independent or partner activity that allows students to get creative with their adaptation knowledge.

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Discover cool info and videos about your favorite animals in the Wild Kratts database.

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Learn about the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of sloths.

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Instantly access Amazing Animals: Sloths plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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Organisms' Adaptations is one of the most engaging interactives you'll find on the topic of adaptations. Students will digitally interact with animals as they learn about physical and behavioral adaptations and the kinds of adaptations best suited to different biomes, and make predictions about where similar animals are most likely to live.

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Given scenarios, illustrations. or descriptions, the student will compare variations and adaptations of organisms in different ecosystems.

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When the speediest family in the world finds a sweet, slow sloth on their doorstep, they take him in.

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Read The Sloth Who Slowed Us Down on Epic

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Read The Sloth Who Slowed Us Down on Epic

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Instantly access The Sloth Who Slowed Us Down plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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In Arctic Animal Discovery from the National Park Service, students locate animals on the landscape and hear their voices as they learn more about adaptations in every season of the year.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore the tundra? Depending on the season, you may find different animals, colors, and landscapes. But it's not just animals that enjoy these vast wildlands. People have lived here for thousands of years and continue to do so today. You may find them fishing, berry picking, or hiking. So go ahead, and get ready to explore.

How to play
Use the mouse or keyboard arrows to move within the environment. Change the season with the options on the screen. You can locate the animals or human activities by exploring the landscape or by clicking on the navigational map. The TAB key will allow you to cycle through the options or select the option with your mouse.

Accessibility:
In order to meet accessibility requirements, all text features a read-out-loud narration, animal sounds are open-captioned, and navigation is keyboard accessible. You can also access our simple site for access to all game content.

Contact:

If you have any questions, comment or suggestions regarding this project please e-mail us.

Your Fee Dollars at Work

This project was funded with recreation fee money. To learn more, please visit this website.

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Arctic Animal Discovery - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore the tundra? Depending on the season, you may find different animals, colors, and landscapes. But it's not just animals that enjoy these vast wildlands. People have lived here for thousands of years and continue to do so today.

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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

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Sloths are the slowest mammal on the planet. But as strange as they seem the sloth is perfectly adapted to their environment and is actually slow for a very important reason. In fact, sloths are far from boring and are a lot more extreme than it seems.

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In graphic novel format, tells the exciting story of a day in the life of a Megatherium, or Giant Sloth.

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Giant Sloth: Megatherium kids' book from the leading digital reading platform with a collection of 40,000+ books from 250+ of the world's best publishers. Read now on Epic.

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Learn some new vocabulary by choosing animal adjectives from a word bank at the bottom and attaching them to the correct animal.

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Learn amazing facts about sloths.

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Instantly access My Favorite Animal: Sloths plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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Simple text explaining what sloths look like, where they live, and what they like to eat.

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Sloths kids' book from the leading digital reading platform with a collection of 40,000+ books from 250+ of the world's best publishers. Read now on Epic.

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In this game, students create whole fish for Roly to eat by combining common prefixes and suffixes with root words, such as "teach" and "power."

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These prefix and suffix fish are sure to bolster your child's understanding of word structure. In this game, students create whole fish for Roly to eat by combining common prefixes and suffixes with root words, such as "teach" and "power." Game play is designed especially for students in the second grade.

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These prefix and suffix fish are sure to bolster your child's understanding of word structure. In this game, students create whole fish for Roly to eat by combining common prefixes and suffixes with root words, such as "teach" and "power." Game play is designed especially for students in the second grade.

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In this reading, students learn how scientists figured out why a sea otter in California was stealing people's surfboards by considering the sea otters senses, memories, and instincts.

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Every environment comes with challenges, and living things have all sorts of adaptations that help them survive. Press "play" to see some of the strangest adaptations out there!

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BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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Engaging images accompany information about animal adaptations.

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Instantly access Animal Adaptations plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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The Great Kapok Tree | Lynne Cherry | Sharing the planet | Read aloud

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Conservation Classroom: Suited for Survival at Smithsonian's National Zoo!

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Conservation Classroom: Suited for Survival at Smithsonian's National Zoo!

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This virtual school program is part of Conservation Classroom, a collection of monthly lessons for K-5 students. Each lesson has four elements: wonder (video), engage (live virtual program), act (activities), and connect (video). Follow along with all four parts or pick and choose the videos and activities you want to explore.

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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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These Open Access images from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are available to download and use as you wish!

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Open Access Animal Images | Smithsonian Institution

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These Open Access images from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are available to download and use as you wish-without asking!... Learn more

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Check out this animal that seems to defy the idea of survival of the fittest: the sloth! How can such a slow-moving animal be so good at survival?

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Note: This lesson is part of this unit’s [Anchor Layer](https://mysteryscience.com/anchor). If you have the Anchor Layer turned on, we recommend teaching all of the lessons in this unit in order. The performance task can be completed at any time after the final lesson. The anchor phenomenon for this unit is an animal that seems to defy the idea of survival of the fittest: the sloth! How can such a slow-moving animal be so good at survival?

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Let's make observations of an underwater animal, a frogfish, in order to collect evidence that its external structures serve specific functions.

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Why do some sea creatures look so strange?

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In this lesson, students make observations of an underwater animal, a frogfish, in order to collect evidence that its external structures serve specific functions.

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Why do some sea creatures look so strange?

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In this lesson, students make observations of an underwater animal, a frogfish, in order to collect evidence that its external structures serve specific functions.

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Explore how animals receive information through their senses and process that information in their brain, using instincts and memories to guide their behaviors.

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Why would a sea turtle eat a plastic bag?

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In this lesson, students explore how animals receive information through their senses and process that information in their brain, using instincts and memories to guide their behaviors.

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"Hush Up and Hibernate" by Sandra Markle

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"Hush Up and Hibernate" by Sandra Markle

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A tale about a black bear cub that finds every excuse imaginable to avoid the inevitable go-to-bed moment.

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Instantly access Hush Up and Hibernate plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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Animals adapt, or change, to stay alive. Adaptation can happen in an animal’s body or in the way it behaves.

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Read How and Why Do Animals Adapt? on Epic

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Read How and Why Do Animals Adapt? on Epic

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Instantly access How and Why Do Animals Adapt? plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

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Why would a sea turtle eat a plastic bag?

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In this lesson, students explore how animals receive information through their senses and process that information in their brain, using instincts and memories to guide their behaviors.

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Lesson 3

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This interactive from Missouri Botanical Garden focuses on plant adaptations in different environments and includes photos, a game, and an adaptation song.

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Choose the best ecoregion for the following plants. Click on each
picture for a larger view and a short description. Click on ecoregion
names for descriptions or use the graph at the bottom of the page for help
on ecoregions.

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🔍 Padlet Exit Activity: Slow but Smart Survivors

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🔍 Padlet Exit Activity: Slow but Smart Survivors

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Click the "+" button to add your response. You can:

Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences)

OR record a short audio or video (optional)

OR post a sketch/photo of your labeled “Survival of the Slowest” drawing and write a sentence explaining one of the adaptations

Challenge: Read a classmate’s post. Add a comment or question that builds on their idea using accountable talk stems like:

“I noticed ___, which makes me think ___.”

“I’d like to add on to what ___ said…”