Camelids, Farming and Climate Change

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

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• curiosity
• problem solving

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

• examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats (AC9S5U01)
• investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions (AC9S6U01)
• investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions (AC9S5H02/6H02).

Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 achievement standards: Students can explain how the form and behaviour of living things enables survival and how changes in physical conditions affect living things. They can also describe how individuals and communities use scientific knowledge.

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
• Devices for student research
• Student worksheet

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.