3.+Process

**1. Select your biome. Use these links to find out more about your biome's weather conditions and other factors that affect what adaptations your animal needs to survive. **

Aquatic Biome The Desert Biome The Forest Biome The Grasslands Biome The Tundra Biome

**2. Use this worksheet to list the biome you chose as well as to help you design your animal**:

Remember: Your animal has to have features to its body that will help it to survive in the biome that you chose.

3. Use the resources on the “Resources” page of this website as well as this document to help you understand what adaptation features animals need to survive in each biome.

4. Complete the worksheet and make sure to include body parts that will help your animal adapt to its environment/biome.

5. Begin to create your new animal using modeling clay. You can ask your teacher for modeling clay when you are ready to begin.

6. Label each body part of the animal. Each tag should have the name of the body part and explain how that body part helps the animal to survive in the biome you chose. Use this worksheet to create the tags:

8. When you have completed your clay model of the animal, you will present it to the class. You must explain: - The biome you chose. -The conditions of the biome. - The animal’s adaptations. - How those adaptations help the animal to survive in the biome.

Here are examples of animals that were invented with features to help them survive in their biomes!



Real Animal Adaptations: This frog has adapted to his environment by blending in with his surroundings so that animals who might want to eat him cannot see him!