What Animals Hibernate in the Winter? Which Animals Migrate?

Are you trying to plan your Animal Hibernation and Migration Unit? You’re in the right place because we’ve got the tools you need to teach your students about animals that hibernate and migrate.

Engage your students and take them on a journey into the fascinating world of animal survival tactics. In winter, many animals go through incredible changes to adapt and survive the cold weather. Some go on long journeys, while others find a warm place to hide and wait it out. This year, we encourage you to use Teach Starter printables for kids to explore the secrets behind these seasonal habits and see how furry, feathery, and scaly critters can endure the winter months.

Printable Posters on Animals that Migrate and Hibernate

Kick off your unit by displaying these visually appealing posters featuring animals that hibernate and migrate to survive the cold winter months! 🎨📚 This pack features twenty full-color posters, including ten animals that hibernate and ten animals that migrate during the winter season. These eye-catching visuals are great introductions to various animals with unique behavioral adaptations.

We’ve included a poster for the following animals that migrate and hibernate. You will notice that some featured animals do not go into full hibernation mode and instead choose to enter a state of deep sleep or torpor to make it through the winter. Each poster features a full-color image and a description of the animals ‘ behavioral adaptation.

Discover Why Animals Migrate and Find Animals that Migrate

Discover Why Animals Hibernate and Find Animals that Hibernate

Easily Download Your Hibernation and Migration Posters

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between this resource’s PDF or Google Slides versions. 

Teacher Tip! If you need to save on ink, use your printer’s settings to print them two–per-page for smaller posters, or you can even print them four-per-page for handy flash card sized posters.

This resource was created by Brittany Kellogg, a teacher in Ohio and Teach Starter collaborator.

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more activities and resources that cut down on lesson planning time:  

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Use these posters in the classroom to give students a visual representation of the seasons (and which months they inlcude in both the Northern Hemishpere and the Southern Hemisphere).

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Characteristics of Seasons Interactive Activity

Use this activity-packed interactive resource to explore with your students the names and characteristics of summer, autumn, winter and spring!

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Season Characteristics Task Cards

Give your students the clues and watch them select the mystery season with this set of 24 task cards.