Using Adaptations of Camelids for Design

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).

Year 5 & 6 Design and Technology

• explain how people in design and technologies occupations consider competing factors, including sustainability in the design of products, services and environments (AC9TDE6K01).

Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 achievement standards: 

Students can explain how the form and behaviour of living things enables survival. Students can also explain how people design products, services and environments to meet the needs of communities, including sustainability.

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

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

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