Animals That Migrate And Hibernate
Great enhancement for hibernation winter animals units and groundhog day fun.
Animals that migrate and hibernate. Hibernation is a truly fascinating and clever survival mechanism and may cause you to have even more respect for some of the animals that hibernate on our list. Amazing Animal Journeys is another traditional nonfiction book about migration. In our Hibernation and Migration lesson plan students learn about how and why animals hibernate or migrate.
Books about Animals that Migrate in Winter. Their body clocks are timed accordingly and once the climate in their habitat becomes warm they migrate back. 1st grade science worksheets animals animal migration coloring pages and animals that hibernate worksheet are.
The arctic tern covers a migrating cycle of over 40000 miles and is thought to have the longest migration cycle of all animals. Bats may be little fuzzballs but they clearly dont have the heavy fur necessary to ride out the cold temperatures of winter which is a major reason why they migrate. So what animals hibernate during Winter.
Bears chipmunks and skunks stay where they live to hibernate. It has some traditional animals but also a few new ones that students might not know migrate like the red crabs on Christmas Island. They also seem to have a compass in their brain for using the Earths magnetic field.
Hibernation Migration Adaptation of Winter Animals PLUS Groundhog Day worksheets. Animals that migrate and hibernate. We study four animals that hibernate and four animals that migrate chipmunk bear bumblebee snail goose monarch butterfly humpback whale and penguin Students read the informational passage and take notes on their coordinating graphic organizer.
There are a few mammals like some bats caribou and elk and whales that travel in search of food each winter. During this time it will go inside of moist water beds and secrete a layer of mucus staying in a state of torpor for up to four years. While some animals may migrate to warmer climates for the winter others opt to stay in their natural environment and enter into an inactive state or hibernation.