January 2024

Cool Owl in a Hot City

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Reading Objective:

Students will identify adaptations that help snowy owls survive in the Arctic and analyze which of these would help them survive in a hot, sunny city, and which would not.

 

Reading Level:

Lexile®: 490L; GRL: L

 

Next Generation Science Standards:

2-LS4-1: Observations of the Diversity of Plants and Animals in Their Habitats

 

Vocabulary:

Arctic, sunset, adaptations, talons