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Ocean Animal Adaptations
CONCEPTUALUnderstand that ocean animals have special adaptations for their environment: streamlined bodies for fast swimming, camouflage to hide from predators, blubber to keep warm in cold seas, and tentacles or suckers to catch prey
Mastery Evidence
- Name at least three different ocean animal adaptations
- Explain how each adaptation helps the animal survive in its environment
- Connect an adaptation to the specific challenge it addresses (cold, predators, catching food)
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] pick an ocean animal and explain at least two ways its body is specially designed for life in the sea — like a seal's blubber for warmth or an octopus's camouflage for hiding?”
Prerequisites2
- What Ocean Animals NeedhardAges 5—7
- Ocean Animal VarietyhardAges 5—7
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Unlocks4
- Polar AnimalssoftAges 7—9
- Deep-Sea CreatureshardAges 9—11
- How animals adapt to environmentssoftAges 8—11
- Ocean Animal MigrationshardAges 9—11