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Year 6 · Science

Adaptation

Year 6 learners practise how animals and plants adapt to their environment.

The activities include Describe how Plants are Adapted to Suit their Environment, Discover Animal Ear Adaptations, Discover Which Habitat Suits Which Organism, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Describe how Plants are Adapted to Suit their Environment
  • Discover Animal Ear Adaptations
  • Discover Which Habitat Suits Which Organism
  • Explore the Suitability of Different Habitats
  • Identify Adaptations to Environments
  • Investigate Adaptations of Plants to their Environment
  • Investigate Animal Adaptations to Habitats
  • Learn About Adaptation in Extreme Environments
  • Look at Animal Adaptations
  • Look at Plant Adaptations
  • Match Organisms With Their Habitats
  • Understand What Lives Where and Why

Checked learning resources

  • How Does an Owl's Hearing Work?

    BBC Earth · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Captioned BBC Earth video demonstrates how an owl's ear placement and facial disc help it locate prey by sound, matching the predator-hearing example.

  • Adaptation | UKS2 Science Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    UKS2 concept video explains how characteristics help living things survive in the habitats to which they are suited.

  • Animal adaptations

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes explaining how animal adaptations make organisms suited to particular habitats and environments.

  • Live n Deadly KS2 Adaptation Cards

    BBC · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 adaptation cards ask pupils to connect specialised senses, including acute hearing and vibration detection, to survival as predator or prey.

  • Rabbit Facts: Ears for Detecting Predators

    BBC Earth · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC Earth explains how long, finely tuned ears help rabbits and hares detect approaching predators, matching the prey-hearing example.

  • Where Are Your Ears? Crickets and Grasshoppers

    Hamamatsu Science Museum · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Science-museum explanation compares insect hearing organs and how leg-based sensory cells detect sound vibrations, supporting the grasshopper example.

  • Animals and Their Habitats Matching Activity

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Matching activity asks pupils to pair animals with suitable habitats and consider why each habitat provides what the organism needs.

  • Animal Habitats and Design Your Own Creature PowerPoint and Worksheet

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    KS2 presentation and worksheet connect habitat conditions, food and shelter to the features an organism needs to survive there.