This video accompanies the "Patterns in Adaptations" lesson plan and provides video footage of animals that live at Utah's Hogle Zoo that have similar adaptations.

This video accompanies the "Patterns in Adaptations" lesson plan and provides video footage of animals that live at Utah's Hogle Zoo that have similar adaptations.

This video accompanies the "Patterns in Adaptations" lesson plan and provides video footage of animals that live at Utah's Hogle Zoo that have similar adaptations.

In this instructional video, the Hogle Zoo explains how to use the lesson plan "Patterns in Adaptations."

By participating in this activity, students will: make observations about patterns of living things, obtain information regarding a habitat, evaluate their sources, and communicate what they found.

This worksheet accompanies the Patterns in Adaptations 2.2.1 lesson plan from the Hogle Zoo.

In this instructional video, the Hogle Zoo explains how to use the lesson plan "Pollination Station."

Coral reefs off the west coast of Maui are readily accessible and heavily used by visitors and locals alike. Managers needed a plan to boost the resilience of the reefs so they could continue providing critical habitat for marine species.

The Salamander Room, written by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson. A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

The Salamander Room, written by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson. A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

The Salamander Room, written by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson. A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

The Salamander Room, written by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson. A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

The Salamander Room, written by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson. A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

The Salamander Room, written by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson. A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it.

One of Southern California’s few remaining tidal marshes—and the habitat it provides for marine life and endangered birds—is threatened by sea level rise. A collaborative effort is underway to help these wetlands stay above water.

In this Adaptation Name Game, students sitting or standing in a circle play a version of tag, with one person in the center. When a person in the circle says another person’s name, the person in the center of the circle tries to touch the person whose name was said, before they can say someone else’s name. Later, students pause to brainstorm strategies to improve their performance, then play some more. Students learn that this was a representation of how certain structures and behaviors help organisms survive in their habitat, and that these are adaptations that species inherit over time. This game helps students learn each other’s names, while “lightly” introducing them to what adaptations are. Note: This activity is only an introduction; to gain any meaningful understanding of the topic, students will need more adaptation-focused activities, such as Adaptations Intro-Live!, Structures & Behaviors, and Related & Different, which engage students more deeply in understanding the concept through interactions with real organisms.