Extreme Adaptations | Bio Strange But True Facts + 2 Truths & a Lie Activity Set

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Studying extreme adaptations captivates students while building real understanding of how organisms survive in desert heat, deep ocean pressure, polar cold, and low oxygen environments, making it perfect for middle and high school life science. This flexible resource uses a high engagement mix of Two Truths and a Lie and 10 Fascinating Facts to turn curiosity into evidence based reasoning, as learners compare claims, test ideas, and discuss why certain traits give survival advantages. The package includes a 5 slide student ready Google Slides activity with 10 facts and 5 lies, a 12 slide presentation for showcasing 10 Strange But True Facts, and a 6 page printable PDF set with keys and mix and match versions, so it fits stations, bell work, or full class discussion with minimal prep. With a total of 20 facts and 5 carefully crafted lies presented across multiple formats, students practice distinguishing accurate science from believable misconceptions, strengthening critical thinking, vocabulary, and retention while exploring remarkable examples from extremophiles to high speed predators.

This extreme adaptations 2 activity set provides a truly engaging set of ways to engage students. This resource can help your students spark learning about extreme adaptations. For digital, you can provide a visual strange facts version and a digital / print find the lie version of the 2 truths and a lie activity.

Ideal for reviewing or opening content for this topic, collaborative work, or independent work, it helps reinforce key topics while using an unusual angle for educating on extreme adaptations. This ready-to-use resource is perfect for last-minute lesson plans, sub plans, or as an easy extension activity to get students looking at this physical phenomenon in a different kind of way.

THIS EXTREME ADAPTATIONS STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS / 2 TRUTHS & A LIE RESOURCE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase engagement & curiosity
A daily opening fact
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
To inspire students in an unusual manner
Get students to act as a group of science detectives (No Google though!)

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS EXTREME ADAPTATIONS STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS / 2 TRUTHS & A LIE RESOURCE:

5 Slide Digital manipulable Google Slides Version for student use on 2 Truths and a lie activity (with 10 facts & 5 lies)
12 Slide Visual Presentation Google Slides Version for presenting 10 Strange But True Facts
6 page PDF print version with answers, mix and match 2 truths and a lie version, color strange but true version.

These versions have effectively 10 strange but true facts & 10 DIFFERENT facts and 5 lies for the 2 truths and a lie activity. In total 20 facts on extreme adaptations & 5 lies in this resource, presented in different and useful methods for teaching and engagement.