How do Dogs Stay Warm?

Introduction

Chipper and Scooby help Aliy describe the double layered fur coat that keep an Alaskan Husky warm in the winter.

Learning Objectives

Students will identify body structures that function to support survival, growth and behaviors of dogs. Students will make sense of why animal adaptations occur and what the consequences would be to a species that does not evolve. 

Using Science Standards for Alaska 

  1. Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI)
    1. Life Science
  2. Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)
    1. Asking questions and defining problems
    2. Developing and using models
  3. Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)
    1. Cause and Effect
    2. Structure and Function
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