You might then want to show the video again so students can pay close attention to what is said about their particular animal. After watching the video, the students can research additional information about their animals either in books from the library or on the Internet. Students put the pictures and facts on index cards, which will be used like playing cards. Cards are collected and put in three separate decks of 39 cards each. Each deck has each of the animals listed above and that animal's adaptation information.
Students get into groups of three or four.
The game begins when each person is dealt five cards. The first player may discard an unwanted card and select another card from the remaining deck, which is put in the center of the circle of play. Play continues around the circle with discarded cards being added to the leftover cards in the center facedown and new cards being drawn, until one player gets a book-a complete set of the animal and its adaptations. The game then continues until all animals and their adaptations are complete to see who comes in second and third. Have each team make four sets of two cards-one with the picture of the animal and the other with its adaptations.