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Backyard Bush Blitz - Adaptations
Lesson2 of 4 in this unit
Cool+SecondaryYear 9 - 10ScienceBiologyEnvironmentalBiodiversityCitizen Science
Lesson Summary
Students brainstorm traits that help organisms survive in their environment, identifying them as structural, behavioural or physiological. They then explore how adaptations only help an animal thrive in their particular habitat. Students will create a poster showing the adaptations of a newly discovered subspecies that allow the organism to survive in its habitat. They will also learn about mimicry and research plant and animal mimicry.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that adaptations, or adaptive traits, help an animal survive and reproduce under the specific biotic and abiotic factors of their environment
- understand how to identify and describe the adaptations of specific animals
- understand the biotic and abiotic factors in an environment
- understand the advantages of mimicry in relation to a specific plant or animal.
Success criteria
Students can:
- predict outcomes and provide justifications
- create an informative poster
- conduct research and communicate findings
- work collaboratively and independently.
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