Animal adaptations freshwater habitats foldout cut and paste activity and worksheets KS2

Explore the adaptations of freshwater animals with this foldout activity and other printables. This resource will help pupils understand the features that freshwater animals have that make them adapted to their habitat. Use to support a lesson on animal adaptations or pond and river habitats or wildlife.

The foldout activity
Pupils will colour a pond scene and 4 freshwater animals. They’ll then cut out and match the 10 adaptation description labels to the animals (2 labels are already in place on the template to get them started). When everything is in position, they’ll glue and fold.

There are 2 templates to choose from:

• Template 1 - Heron, frog, crayfish, perch.
• Template 2 - Mosquito larva, duck, tadpole, pond snail.

The other printables

• Life in freshwater information pages x 2
• Venn diagram to compare the adaptations of a tadpole and a frog.
• A writing/drawing page for pupils to research a freshwater animal of their choice. They’ll draw a picture of it, and then write about its adaptations.
• 5 ‘Label the adaptations’ worksheets. Pupils will research one of the animals (platypus, dragonfly larva, minnow, American alligator, water scorpion). They’ll circle where it lives e.g. pond, lake, river (they can circle more than one). They’ll then add written labels to the animal picture to show its adaptations. You will find 2 pages of suggested adaptations included for teacher/educator reference.
  Is this resource editable?

This PDF resource is not editable. US and UK versions of the file are included.
There are 15 pages plus 4 teacher pages.