Adaptations of Camelids

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• curiosity
• problem solving

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: Year 5 & 6 Science

• examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats (AC9S5U01).

Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 achievement standards: Students can explain how the form and behaviour of living things enables survival. 

NSW Syllabus outcomes: ST3-4LW-S

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

UN SDG 14: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

• Target 15.1: By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements.

• Device capable of displaying audio-visual material
• Camel Adaptations experiment sheet
• High-sided plastic tub
• Sand or other fine particles such as flour or dry soil
• 8 x empty soft drink bottles (4 with their lids)
• Tape
• Camel head template (to bring life to your camel legs!)

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - some explicit teaching may be required, facilitation of research, discussion and running an experiment.