Use observation evidence to decide whether an adaptation is something an animal HAS or DOES.
Adaptation Safari:
Catch the Animal!
Welcome, Explorer! Animals survive in amazing ways. Move around the habitats, find hidden animals, and identify their adaptations correctly to catch them!
Mission Briefing
What the animal HAS (Physical feature)
What the animal DOES (Action)
Use Arrow Keys or the on-screen direction buttons to move the boy explorer. Walk to a question mark to discover an animal!
Think like a scientist
- Read the observation clue carefully.
- Find the evidence word: has, body part, action, or behaviour.
- Choose HAS for structural or DOES for behavioural.
Polar Bear
Observation Clue
"A polar bear has thick fur to keep warm."
Structural test
Can I point to a body part or physical feature?
Behavioural test
Can I describe an action the animal does?
Choose the type of adaptation:
You Caught It!
Adaptation Journal
RECORDED DISCOVERIES
Teacher Notes
FAST FACILITATION PROMPTS
Learning objective
Students classify animal adaptations as structural or behavioural using evidence from observation clues.
Quick assessment
Ask students to justify every answer with: "I know because the clue says..."
Common misconception
A behaviour can still help survival, but it is something the animal does, not a body feature it has.
Pair talk
Before clicking, one student names the evidence word and the other explains the classification.
Mission Complete!
You identified all 12 animals!
Scientific Summary
Structural adaptations are physical characteristics an animal possesses.
Behavioural adaptations are specific actions or ways an organism behaves to survive.