Identify Animal Adaptation Examples With Ease!

Are your students struggling with concepts related to the different types of adaptations found in animals? No worries, the Teach Starter Team is here to help! We’ve been hard at work creating new reference materials, anchor charts, and more to help your students grasp these concepts.

This printable pack of anchor charts is the perfect tool for helping your students identify examples of animal adaptations. We’ve included the following anchor chart/reference sheet pages in your resource download.

• Examples of Behavioral Adaptations
• Examples of Physiological Adaptations
• Examples of Structural Adaptations

Each poster includes a variety of different examples (with visuals) to help your students more easily understand the 3 types of adaptations.

What Are Some Animal Adaptation Examples?

Need a bit more knowledge before you dive in? We’ve got you covered. Here are a few examples of animal adaptations included in this resource download.

• Examples of Physiological Adaptations – spraying toxins, making venom, storing fat, secreting slime
• Examples of Behavioral Adaptations – Migration, Hibernation, Mimicry, Communal Living, Playing Dead
• Examples of Structural Adaptations – tooth shape, camouflage, claws, beaks, crypsis

Download and Print Your Adaptation Example Anchor Charts!

This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Make your copy, hang them up, and start teaching today!

We have included both color and black-and-white versions of each poster.

This resource was created by Brittany Collins, a teacher in Indiana and Teach Starter collaborator.

Even More Ways to Show Your Students Examples of Adaptations in Animals

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