Amazing Adaptations

Our most popular tour for schools, Amazing Adaptations focuses on how plants and animals have adapted to suit living in a rainforest environment. The tour covers areas including: the ability of rainforest leaves to get rid of excess water; plant adaptations to maximise light and nutrient uptake; and the way various animals are suited to life in the rainforest. For this tour children should already know about the various layers of a rainforest.

Key words: drip tips, epiphytes, climbers, aerial roots, camouflage, habitat, home

National Curriculum links:

KS2: Science (Sc1) – 1a, 1i; Science (Sc2) – 1c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4b, 4c, 5b, 5c; Geography – 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d.

KS3: Science – 3.3, 3.4, c; Geography – 1.1a, 1.3, 1.4a.

KS4: Science – 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.1c.

International Primary Curriculum links:

MP1: I’m alive; Flowers and insects; Our world.

MP2: Explorers and adventurers; Do you live around here? (habitats); Saving the world (rainforests).

Downloadable resources

• Amazing Adaptations notes
• Background worksheets (6 pages, 450kB)
• Amazing Adaptations worksheets (6 pages, 370kB)