Unit of Work: Adaptations
Year Level: Year 5
General Capabilities:
Literacy Intercultural Understanding Numeracy Personal and Social Competence Information and Communication Technology Ethical Behaviour Critical and Creative Thinking
Mathematics Program:
Science Understanding
Science Inquiry Skills
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multimodal texts (ACSIS093)
Prior Knowledge
Exemplar Texts
Students have been studying behavioural and structural adaptations for 6 weeks. Students are aware of what a behavioural adaptation is. Students are aware of what a structural adaptation is. Students have studies desert animals and plants and their adaptations.