<p> Adaptation and Behavior Unit</p><p>Table of Contents</p><p>1) Lesson #1: Introduction to Inheritance – Inherited Human Traits a. Lesson plan b. Examples of human inherited traits c. Inherited human traits photographs (class copies provided in kit, overhead) d. Inherited human traits teacher chart (overhead) e. Inherited human traits student chart, instructions, and graph (student copies provided in kit) f. Frequency of traits in the general human population chart (overhead or make copies)</p><p>2) Lesson #2: Inherited Traits of Living Things a. Lesson plan with teacher information b. Characteristics of living things student instructions (overhead or make copies) c. Pictures of living things with questions (class copies provided in kit)</p><p>3) Lesson #3: Introduction to Adaptation a. Lesson Plan b. Arctic and desert descriptions and pictures (overhead or PowerPoint) c. Polar bear (overhead or PowerPoint) d. Gila monster (overhead or PowerPoint)</p><p>4) Lesson #4: Natural Systems and Mechanical Systems a. Lesson plan b. Article: The Physics of Flight (class copies provided in kit) c. Bernoulli’s principle and Coanda effect demonstrations and experiment teacher instructions</p><p>5) Lesson #5: Bird Beak Adaptation a. Lesson plan b. Bird beak pictures (overhead or PowerPoint) c. Bird beak challenges (provided in kit) d. Bird adaptations student instructions, data chart, and graph (student copies provided in kit) e. Build a bird kit (student copies provided in kit)</p><p>6) Lesson #6: Adaptation – Increasing Survival and Reproduction a. Lesson plan b. Squirrels student handout (make copies or use overhead) c. Squirrels chart (overhead) 7) Lesson #7: How Does Adaptation Happen? – Adaptation Simulation a. Lesson plan b. Teacher simulation chart c. Pom poms record sheets (provided in kit) d. Adaptation simulation data (overhead) e. Student adaptation simulation predictions, chart, graphs, and analysis questions (student copies provided in kit) f. Cacti and deer extension activity (make copies)</p><p>8) Lesson #8: How Living Things Respond to Changes in the Environment a. Lesson plan b. Article: How Changes in the Environment Can Cause Animal and Plant Extinction and Migration (class copies provided in kit)</p><p>9) Lesson #9: Adaptation – Raccoon Islands a. Lesson plan b. Island descriptions and diagrams (class copies provided in kit)</p><p>10)Lesson #10: Introduction to Behavior a. Lesson plan</p><p>11)Lesson #11: Learned and Instinctive Behavior a. Lesson plan b. Pictures with descriptions of animal behaviors (overhead or PowerPoint)</p><p>12)Lesson #12: Mapping Cricket Behavior a. Lesson plan b. Mapping cricket behavior student instructions (student copies provided in kit)</p><p>13)Lesson #13: Research Project on Animal Adaptations a. Lesson plan b. Student research project description and grading rubrics (make copies)</p><p>14)Material List for the Unit</p><p>15)Book List for the Unit</p>