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For an engage you could have a picture of an organism in the wrong environment such as a duck in the desert or a polar bear in the rainforest (some photoshopping might be required:) ) and some where the organism does belong such as a rabbit in the grassland. Ask students if that organism belongs in that environment and have them explain, hoping that they talk about the external characteristics.
For an explore you could take them to the zoo. Print pictures of different animals and have them placed around the room. Tell the students the animals got out their environments and they need to returned. Students could do a gallery walk as a class or in groups and they could write or talk about where that animal may live and what external characteristic helped them figure that out. If you are willing this lends itself to a great room transformation. You could even dress up like a zookeeper and have animals sounds in the background!
For elaborate students could build an animal of their choice with play doh, legos or construction paper or just draw and organism in its environment and have students label the different external parts that help them survive in that environment.
Hope this helps and tell Dr. Thompson Destiny says Hello!
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