• Every organism has features that allow it to survive in its own particular habitat
• These features are called adaptations .

• Lives in the wetland areas throughout NZ
• Can you think of any adaptations it may have to live here?

• Lives in the wetland areas throughout NZ
• Long legs to walk through swampy areas to find food
• Long, pointed beak so it can collect snails, insects, frogs and fish from the water and mud
• Large, strong wings to help it escape from danger
• These adaptations make it successful in its habitat

• Structural adaptations – the shape and size of the organism (e.g. beak shape, skeleton, etc.)
• Functional adaptations – the workings of an organism’s body (e.g. digestion, photosynthesis)
• Behavioural adaptations – how the organism behaves (e.g. Predator avoidance, how they find food, mates, etc.)

• You only have one arm
• Every time you hear your name, you put both your hands up for protection
• You have a hunched back for protection
• You need to pull your jersey over your head because you don’t like the light
• Your knees and elbows don’t bend
• You can’t speak

• You walk sideways
• Your thumbs don’t work on either hand
• Your voice is high pitched so that predators can’t hear you
• When you hear the word “don’t” you whistle
• You drop to your hands and knees if a male speaks to you

• Create your own habitat and an organism within it that has structural, behavioural and functional adaptations to suit where it lives.
• Work individually – homework if you don’t finish in class, will collect tomorrow for marking

Active at night (nocturnal) to avoid predators – behavioural
Short, compact body for easy movement through dense bush structural
Fluffy feathers for warmth – structural
Strong feet for digging and moving rapidly through bush – structural
Exemplar – Kiwi
Habitat: NZ native bush
Nose helps kiwi to smell in soil for food – functional
Nose at end of beak – structural
Long beak for reaching deep into leaf litter and soil to find food – structural