Article: This rabbit changes in winter.

Use this issue to help children understand how some animals adapt, or change, in water. The snowshoe hare, or rabbit, changes in winter. It grows a white fur coat. Now it can hide and stay safe in the snow. Ask: What do other animals do in winter?

Science

Look at Animals in Winter

What Do You Think

Why might a fox grow a heavy coat in winter?

This mouse sleeps in winter.

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