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Animal adaptations

Teacher guide Animal adaptations

TLF ID M020701

This is a detailed plan for teaching a unit about structural and behavioural adaptations of animals and plants. It includes a unit outline, overview and aim, learning outcomes, inquiry questions, background information about adaptations, lesson plans and a guide to assessment. The lesson sequence is based on the inquiry based 5Es approach to teaching Science, with a focus on investigations that encourage scientific thinking. The resource includes links to the Australian curriculum including general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities. It also provides student worksheets and links to other useful resources.

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Educational details

Year level

5

Topics Adaptation (Evolution) Animal behaviour Plant structure and function Animal structure and function Habitats Turtles Cane toads Cassowaries
Learning area
  • Science

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Organization: Commonwealth of Australia
  • URL: www.australia.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
  • Organization: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
Rights
  • © Commonwealth of Australia 2016. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.