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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2 YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science – Animal


(wk 3) Adaptation
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
Cultures

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
LINKS (include learner diversity)

Science Understanding
Science as a Human Endeavour
Science Inquiry Skills
As a result of this Rubric Introduction:
lesson students will (Formative Give an https://youtu.be/
 Recap of previous lesson through YouTube Video
be able to: Assessment) example of vnmPdHmRv9o
each
Body: adaptation.
Activity 1:
 Students must research one animal from each Creature feature
Science Understanding Feature Creature environment (desert, Arctic, forest, ocean) using worksheet.
Week 3 Living things have Explain the specific portfolios are Creaturepedia.com and complete a feature creature How do Class iPads
Explain structural features and adaptations of an collected and worksheet for each animal. these Pencils
adaptations that help animal that is suited marked adaptations https://pbskids.o
 Students select one animal to present to the class and
them to survive in for particular according to a help the rg/wildkratts/cre
must explain the various adaptations it possesses and
their environment (ACS environments. rubric: animal aturepedia/
decide if they are structural, behavioural or
SU043) survive?
physiological (in key vocabulary connections box)
 Feature creature sheets are collected and bound
together to form a min-portfolio
Switch Zoo Online
Activity 2:
 Students are given a tutorial on how to use the app – Class iPads
‘Switch Zoo Online’
 Students use the website to create their own animal. https://switchzoo
.com

Health & Safety:


 Remind students of appropriate sites to use and how
to search (e.g. add “for kids” at the end of any
search”.

Extension:
Students who require extension will be advised which
animals to research (animals with strange/difficult to
understand adaptations such as the Anglerfish)
After that, students will have the opportunity to play the https://switchzoo
build a habitat and build a biome games at .com
https://switchzoo.com

Enabling:
Students who require extra assistance will be paired with
a higher achieving student. They will be given the choice https://youtu.be/
to research two animals that are easier to research and vnmPdHmRv9o
identify their adaptations (e.g. Shark, Polar Bear, Camel,
Platypus). They will also have access to the previously
watched YouTube video to assist them in understanding
the different types of adaptations.

Adaptation Bingo
Conclusion:
Cards
 Animal Adaptation Bingo is played with students to Pencils
cement their understanding of various adaptations. Erasers

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