Rainforest Animals Adaptations Ks2

An adaptation that helps the animal to catch its food.

Rainforest animals adaptations ks2. They are excellent swimmers and unlike other cats they seek out water for bathing and swimming. It is thought in the Amazon rainforest alone there are over 2000 species of birds and 1500 species of fish. Can you be as clever as nature.

KS2 Rainforest Animals Teachers Notes Activity notes This activity is aimed at encouraging children to think about the different layers of the rainforest and which animals might live in each. Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. This lesson is from a Year 8 scheme of work.

Its estimated that the Amazon has around 390 billion trees. The Amazon is the worlds largest rainforest and is bigger than the next two largest rainforests in the Congo Basin and Indonesia combined. They used playdough to create their own rainforest animal based on adaptations.

Looking a few examples of how plants and animals have adapted to the harsh environment of the rainforests. Looking a few examples of how plants and animals have adapted to the harsh. Amphibians such as poison dart frogs and the red-eyed tree frog.

To help with differentiation a sheet of suggested animals and their pictures has been provided. The tour discusses the different layers of the rainforest including microhabitats and how adaptation can lead to evolution over time. The children then self-assessed using the SC.

The following adaptations allow plants to survive in the conditions of the rainforest. And birds such as toucans macaws and the harpy eagle. Find out more with this Amazon Rainforest Facts KS2 resource.