presentation for middle school students on adaptations of various animals and plants to their environments

1. ADAPTATIONS
THE SURVIVAL
TRICKS

2. DESERTS – A HARSH
HABITAT

3. H TWO ROWS OF
U LONG EYELASHES
M
P HAIR IN
THE EARS
NOSTRILS
CAN BE
CLOSED
LONG LEGS
WOOL
or FUR
THICK LEATHERY
PATCHES ON THE KNEES
BROAD,
FLAT AND
LEATHERY
PADS

4. A CLOSER LOOK

5. …..BEATING THE
HEAT IN
BURROWS

6. LOOKING
FORMIDABLE

7. – FEW PLANTS CAN
SURVIVE IN THIS
RUTHLESS LAND

9. CACTUS

11. LONG
ROOTS

12. MOUNTAINS –
THE FRIGID
ZONE

13. SNOW LEOPARD
FUR ON
FEET

14. MOUNTAIN GOAT
HOOVES
OFFER
GRIP WOOL

15. YAK

16. ARCTIC FOX
….IN WINTER

17. ….AND IN SUMMER

18. IT IS PLAY TIME…

19. PENGUINS
DRESSED UP
FOR WINTER

20. BRAVING
THE COLD

21. PINE LEAVES

24. GRASS LANDS

25. HERE LIFE IS ON A SPEED
TRACK

26. FRONTAL
EYES FOR
3D VISION
AND
DIALATING
PUPIL FOR
NIGHT
VISION
PATTERNS
THAT
MERGE
DESIGNED
FOR EXCELLENT SENSE
OF SMELL
HUNTING

27. RETRACTABLE
CLAWS FOR
CLANDESTINE
PURSUIT
PADDED FEET
FOR
SILENT
STALKING

28. LARGE, SHARP
CANINE TEETH

29. AND THE
HUNTED

30. EARS TO EVESDROP
LATERAL EYES
FOR VIGIL
LONG, SLENDER LEGS
FOR SPEED

31. OCEANS
THE WATER WORLD

32. PATTERNS OF
SURVIVAL
FINS
STREAM LINED
BODY

33. THE
LARGEST
ANIMAL

35. BLOW HOLES

36. COUNTER
SHADING
Bluish
Grey
White

38. THE LARGEST
INVERTIBRATE
GIANT SQUID

39. STREAM LINED
SWIMMING

40. CUTTLE
FISH
SQUIRTING
‘INK’

43. GILLS OF CRAB –
DESIGNED TO KEEP
MOISTURE

44. CORAL REEF –
A UNIQUE
HABITAT

47. PONDS

48. WATER
HYACINTH

50. WATER
CABBAGE

51. HYDRILLA

52. LOTUS

53. HOLOW
STEM

54. WATER LILY

55. SEA WEED?
LEAFY SEA DRAGON

56. PERFECT
CAMOUFLAGUE
A STICK INSECT

57. WHAT ABOUT THIS
ONE?

58. JUST A DRY LEAF…
OR SOMETHING
ELSE?

59. LEAF OR
INSECT?
LEAF INSECT

60. PLAYING HIDE AND
SEEK

62. CHAMELEON
STEALTH AND
SPEED

63. PRAYING
MANTIS
PERFECT AMBUSH

64. STARE THAT
SCARES
EMPOROR MOTH

65. COLOURED TO
WARN
MONARCH
BUTTERFLY

66. BRIGHT COLOURS
SIGNAL DANGER
VICEROY
BUTTERFLY

67. COLOURS OF
DECEPTION
SWALLOW TAIL

68. MIMICRY
A and B
are real
wasps .
C,D and E
are flies
and F is a
beetle

69. PEPPERED
MOTHS
THE TWO SPECIES

70. THE
TWO
SPECIES

72. EVOLUTION IN
ACTION

73. AMPHIBIANS
- LEADING
TWIN LIVES

75. WEBBED
FEET

76. FLYING
FROG

77. MIMICING
LEAVES
CRYPTIC
FROG

78. - LEAFY
REFUGE

79. SPOT ME…
IF YOU CAN

80. TREE FROG
GREEN REMEDIES

81. COLOUR IS
THE KEY..

82. …FOR
SURVIVAL

83. LEAPING
RAINBOW
RED EYED
TREE FROG

84. TOAD

85. CAECILIAN

86. NEWT

87. SALAMANDER

88. MUD
SALAMANDER

89. RAIN
FORESTS
HOTSPOTS OF
BIODIVERSITY

91. TAUCAN

92. LONG, MASSIVE BEAKS
TO REACH OUT

93. PARROT
SHARP, CURVED
BEAK FOR BREAKING
HARD NUTS

94. KING
VULTURE
SHARP, STRONG
AND CURVED
BEAK FOR
TEARING FLESH

95. EAGLE’S
CURVED
TALONS

96. FOR
CAPTURING
PREY

97. CATTLE
EGRET

98. LONG LEGS

99. WEBBED FEET

100. WOOD
STORK
LONG BEAK
LONG LEGS

101. HUMMING
BIRD
LONG
AND
POINTED
BEAK

102. POWERFUL
BUT FLEXIBLE
TRUNK FOR FEEDING,
FIGHTING AND VOCALISING
STRONG TUSKS
TO CARRY FOOD AND
WARD OFF ENEMEYS
FLAT FEET
REDUCE
PRESSURE

103. EARS THAT
COOL

104. TAIL FOR BALANCING
FRONTAL
EYES
LION TAILED
MONKEY
LONG TOES
FOR CLIMBING

105. THANKS