Major themes or topics: adaptations, habitats, biomes, survival, climate, ecosystems, traits, endangered, extinct, population, nutrient, territory

Key content: Students will identify habitats and adaptations of animals and explore how those adaptations help those species survive in their ecosystem.

Focus questions: What is an adaptation? Why do animals in different environments have different or similar adaptations? How do adaptations change based on a species’ habitat?

DCPS alignment: Grade 3 ELA, Unit 3 - Animal Habitats & Grade 3 Science, Unit 1 - Animal Development and Survival