Lesson+on+animal+adaptation

The goal of this lesson is to get Kindergarten students to learn that animals bodies specifically adapt to the biome where they live. Library goals include:
 * seeing that informational books contain facts
 * the more informational books used, the more information you will find (different books have different facts)
 * information can be categorized and compared

Kids come in to library and sit in four groups (at tables works well). Each group is assigned a place to visit: Next each group gets 8-12 books specifically about their region with LOTS of photographs and illustrations. Kids spend 10 minutes looking through these. Before they begin ask them to notice: After about 10 minutes collect all the books and put this chart on Smart Board:
 * group 1: desert
 * group 2: ocean
 * group 3: jungle
 * group 4: polar lands
 * what are animals body's covered with?
 * what are they eating?
 * how do they move?
 * can they camouflage?
 * what do their bodies look like?

Have kids volunteer answers--stick to YES and NO as much as possible and kids will see patterns emerging.

Ask some questions once you finish-- Start to have conversation about how bodies are built for the places they are.
 * Can an animal camouflage anywhere or just where it lives?
 * Why don't ocean animals have legs?
 * Could an animal from one place easily live in another?