Display these informative posters in your 2nd grade classroom to remind students of the five ways animals and plants adapt to seasonal changes in their environment.
Adapting for Survival – Animal and Plant Poster Set
If you’re undertaking a unit of work on animal adaptations in your 2nd grade classroom, this set of five colorful and informative posters is a great addition to your display wall.
Show students the connection between Earth Sciences (seasons) and Life Science (plants and animals inhabiting Earth) with these level-appropriate posters. Our expert teachers have developed this poster set keeping your young learners’ in mind. They contain clear and digestible information, and large photographs.
Topics covered include:
- Hibernation
- Migration
- Dormancy
- Camouflage
- Adaptation
Students will learn the ways in which animals and plants survive the changing conditions throughout the year.
Tips for Using These Animal Adaptation Posters
Although poster sets are typically designed for classroom display purposes, they can certainly be used a variety of ways. Our teacher team has come up with some alternate uses for these posters.
- 📝 Create a fill-in-the-blank worksheet by removing selections of text.
- 📂 Place copies in students’ homework folders for reference.
- 🧠 Test students’ memories by showing them the poster, then hiding it and having them tell you what they remember.
- ✅ Incorporate posters into your lesson wrap-up: students write on a sticky note what they learned from the lesson and place it on the poster.
Download Your Poster Set Now!
Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or Google Slides versions of this resource.
Print a paper copy and display, or save paper by displaying on your smartboard or assigning to students’ devices.
This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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