Changes made by a teacher to lesson or assessment components, usually to the lesson format or to a test that allows students to participate in the lesson or the assessment. For example, adaptations can include use of different or additional resources, assistance from another student or adult, additional time, etc.

changes made to existing materials or instructional delivery in order to meet the needs of a student

adaptations made in the curriculum, presentation method, or the environment to provide support for the individual student

Modifications or alterations of the curriculum, the support systems, the environments, or the teaching strategies to match individual needs. The adaptations ensure that the student can participate actively and as independently as possible.

Changes made to the environment, curriculum, and instruction or assessment practices in order for a student to be a successful learner. Adaptations include accommodations and modifications. Adaptations are based on an individual student's strengths and needs. (A.C.R. R7-2-401)

Special traits that help living organisms survive in a particular environment. These adaptations may be structural (size and shape or body temperatures, or needs for minerals), or behavioural (differing ways of reacting to the environment).

urutaunga Features of plants and animals that help them survive in their environment. They include: structural adaptations/urutaunga tinana behavioural adaptations/urutaunga whanonga physiological adaptations/urutaunga oropi

Special features that help animals and plants survive harsh conditions. For example, fish have gills that help them adapt to living underwater. Animals that live in cold places have special features that help them survive during winter.

Responses that decrease the negative effects of climate change and capitalise on positive opportunities associated with impacts. Adaptations can be split into 'autonomous' (internal, automatic system adjustments such as evolutionary responses in natural systems) and 'planned' (where a deliberate intervention is made in an attempt to achieve a specific goal, recognising the change in environment). Howden et al (2003).

The ability of a species to survive in a particular ecological niche, especially because of alterations of form or behavior brought about through natural selection.