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Subtopic: Adaptation

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Adaptation Students examine some of the behaviors and physical characteristics that enable organisms to live successfully in their environment.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Animal Hearing This video segment discusses the physical adaptations that give several nocturnal animals a heightened sense of hearing. Footage from NOVA: "Mystery of the Senses: Hearing."	3-8	QuickTime Video
Animal Hearing Students explore how sound is created, the importance of hearing in certain environments and some environmental causes of hearing loss.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Arctic Tundra This video segment from Wild Europe: "Wild Arctic" explores the struggle for survival in one of Earth's most extreme environments.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Backyard Turtles In this video from the WPSU’s series Outside, learn about backyard turtle habitats, their favorite foods, and why they don’t make good pets.	3-6	Flash Video
Bee Navigation This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores honeybee communication and navigation.	6-8	QuickTime Video
Bird Brained Using selected segments from the Nature episode “Ravens,” this lesson will explore some of the more commonly accepted indicators of animal intelligence as demonstrated by the raven, the most brainy of all birds.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Birds of Kundha Kulam In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Carnivorous Plants of Cartwheel Bay In this video segment from NatureScene, explore Cartwheel Bay, a wetland in South Carolina, and learn about the variety of carnivorous plants native to this unique landform.	3-8	QuickTime Video
The Coral Reef Ecosystem Students examine a coral reef ecosystem to learn about its living and non-living parts and how they interact. They apply what they have learned to explore the world's biomes, including how the animals in each are adapted to their environment.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after a volcanic eruption.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Desert Biome This video segment from NOVA: "A Desert Place" describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Dolphin Reproductive Behavior This video segment from the Science and Technology Chat series focuses on dolphin pregnancy, birth, and care of the young, and features Atlantic bottlenose dolphins living in captivity at the Mirage Resort Dolphin Habitat.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Flood Plain and Higher Ground Habitats This video segment from NatureScene features the area of the Congaree Swamp where the high ground and the flood plain meet. Learn how a few feet of difference in elevation on a floodplain can yield drastic changes in what you’ll find living there.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Floral Arrangements Explore a few of the ways plants pollinate each other in this video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Frozen Frogs This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW shows how the common wood frog freezes solid every winter, an adaptation that allows the organism to survive the cold winter.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Gila Monster This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Horned Lizard In this video from Outdoor Nevada, learn about the habitat, diet, and defense mechanisms of horned lizards.	3-12	QuickTime Video
How the Woodpecker Avoids a Headache This diagram from Rainbird Publishing describes the specialized physical characteristics that allow woodpeckers to create some of the most secure nests in the bird world.	6-8	GIF Image
Hunters Navigate Warming Arctic In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and navigating the landscape.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Little Brain, Big Journey This Nature video shows the migratory patterns and habits of the Rufous hummingbird.	6-12	QuickTime Video
More Than an Image This video segment explores how humans perceive the world through vision. Footage from NOVA: "Mystery of the Senses: Vision."	3-8	QuickTime Video
Night Vision This interactive feature from the NOVA "Leopards of the Night" Web site highlights the nighttime habits and abilities of a wide range of nocturnal creatures.	6-8	HTML Interactive
Penguin Response to Climate Change Find out how climate change is affecting Antarctic Adélie penguins and their ecosystem in this video segment adapted from Lloyd Fales and Sweetspot Pictures, Inc.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Pigeon Express This video segment from Nature profiles a small business in which homing pigeons play a central role.	6-12	QuickTime VR Video
Raven Adaptability This video segment from Nature features ravens, the most intelligent birds in the crow family.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Redwoods at Redwood National Park This video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park.	3-8	QuickTime Video
The Reproductive Role of Flowers In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about the critical role of flowers in seed plant reproductive biology.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Root Systems of Trees at the Congaree Swamp Learn about root systems of trees in the Congaree Swamp National Park in this video segment from NatureScene.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Seahorse Basics This diagram from the NOVA: "Kingdom of the Seahorse" Web site reveals some of the more remarkable traits of this enigmatic creature.	3-8	HTML Document
Seeing Through Camouflage This interactive feature from the NOVA "Leopards" Web site presents a wide variety of ways in which animals use coloration to their advantage.	6-8	Shockwave Interactive
Taste, Touch, and Vision Students explore the senses and discuss the importance of each sense to an organism's survival.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Teri and Jairus: Biome Buddies This video segment from ZOOM compares and contrasts the habitat and life forms found in Death Valley with those found in the temperate rainforest of the Pacific Northwest.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Tracking Polar Bears In this interactive activity adapted from the USGS Alaska Science Center, track the movements of a polar bear as it migrates across the changing Arctic sea ice and compare the paths of four different polar bears.	K-8	Flash Interactive
Turtle Defense In this video from WPSU’s series Outside, learn how turtles ward off danger in the wild with special characteristics that enable them to survive in their habitat.	3-6	Flash Video
An Unpredictable Environment In this video segment adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Where Creatures Live Students explore several biomes, the challenges each presents to its inhabitants, and the adaptations that allow plants and animals to live successfully in that environment.	3-5	Lesson Plan