What is that and what does it Do?
The elephant is an odd looking creature and we wonder what features suit it to it's natural environment? These features are called ADAPTATIONS and help suit a plant or animal to live in the space it is found.
Engage & Explore List all the strange and wonderful features of an elephant in fact why not draw your own elephant using these pictures to help you. Explain & Elaborate The key features of the elephant are
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Evaluate
Finally create your own jungle creature and suit it to its environment. Draw it and then think about the colour it should be and the behaviour and the key features it should have and how they will help it to survive. |
Here we have the inquiry question for Biological science in Year 5 of the Australian Curriculum which reads
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
Questioning and predicting
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations (ACSIS231)
Planning and conducting
Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks (ACSIS086)
Decide variables to be changed and measured in fair tests, and observe measure and record data with accuracy using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS087)
Processing and analysing data and information
Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS090)
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations (ACSIS218)
Evaluating
Reflect on and suggest improvements to scientific investigations (ACSIS091)
Communicating
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093)
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
- explaining how particular adaptations help survival such as nocturnal behaviour, or the leathery thick hides of elephants
- describing and listing adaptations of living things suited for particular Asian environments (the jungle)
- exploring general adaptations for particular environments such as adaptations that aid water conservation in hot dry spaces.
Questioning and predicting
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations (ACSIS231)
Planning and conducting
Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks (ACSIS086)
Decide variables to be changed and measured in fair tests, and observe measure and record data with accuracy using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS087)
Processing and analysing data and information
Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS090)
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations (ACSIS218)
Evaluating
Reflect on and suggest improvements to scientific investigations (ACSIS091)
Communicating
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093)