AMAZING ARACHNIDS

LESSON 4:  AWESOME ARACHNID ADAPTATIONS

OBJECTIVES:

Students will:

• Research online sources to discover which arachnids have made adaptations to continue to live successfully in a certain environment.
• Complete Graphic Organizers, detailing research findings.

PROCEDURES:

            1.  Teacher will introduce the meaning of “adaptation,” as it refers to animals that change to live successfully in an environment, while sharing examples from picture books and/or overhead slides.

Examples may include:

• Arachnids that can camouflage themselves for protection from predators.
• Arachnids that catch prey in webs.
• Arachnids that disguise themselves as something else to lure prey.

2. Students will visit the following teacher-selected sites to gather information about adaptations of arachnids.

WEB RESOURCES FOR:

ARACHNIDS & INSECTS

http://www.photovault.com/Link/Orders/EntomologyInsects/INSECTSMaster.html

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appd.php

http://lii.org/advanced/file/insects

http://lii.org/advanced/file/insects

http://www.primalx.com/insects/

http://www.spiderroom.info/webdesigns.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/features/cc_index.shtml

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0310/quickflicks/index.html

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/insects/01.html

http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/structures/bugs/buildabug/buildabug.htm

3.  Students will illustrate and write a paragraph about an example of an adaptation made by an arachnid.

4.  Students come back to share information in whole group, while teacher scripts adaptations on a chart.