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Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
How Animals Survive Winter
Some animals sleep, some fly away and some adapt. Sort and draw animals by what they do in winter.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- animal adaptations, sorting, science vocabulary
What kids do
“Hibernate, migrate or adapt? Sort the animals!”
- Hibernate (sleep)
- Migrate (travel)
- Adapt (stay and cope)
- Animals I sorted
- If I were an animal, in winter I would…
How to run it
- Teach the three words with actions: sleep, fly, bundle up.
- Bears, geese and foxes are good examples.
- Let kids research one surprising animal.
Talk about it
- Which strategy would you choose?
- Why do birds fly south?
- How do people adapt to winter?
Take it further
Draw a cozy den for a hibernating animal.
Pairs well with
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