Year 4:
Living things have life cycles (ACSSU072)
Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive (ACSSU073)
Year 5:
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
Living things have life cycles (ACSSU072)
Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive (ACSSU073)
Year 5:
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
You will need 2 PPTs for Science this term. One will be for your definitions and the other will contain your work.
TASK 1: Watch the Video
TASK 2:
Use Powerpoint to create a slideshow with the definitions of these words. (You will add more words as we move through the unit)
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TASK 3: Biomes
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Find more information about the types of Biomes here or in the following video.
Extension Activity: Choose a Biome to research further. Open a Minecraft Biome 'World' and create an informative pathway through the Biome, commenting on the plant life/ land features, climate and animals.
Life Cycles
All plants and animals have LIFE CYCLES.
A life cycle is a series of stages/changes an organism (living thing) goes through during its life.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a process some animals go through to become adults. It is a series of physical changes.
Insects, spiders and amphibians all go through Metamorphosis
There are 2 types: Complete Metamorphosis and Incomplete Metamorphosis
Insects, spiders and amphibians all go through Metamorphosis
There are 2 types: Complete Metamorphosis and Incomplete Metamorphosis
Mammals do not go through Metamorphosis.
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Food Webs/ Food Chains
All organisms need energy to grow and survive
Where do we get energy from?
Plants get their energy from the sun via a process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Animals get their energy from either eating plants (HERBIVORES), eating other animals (CARNIVORES) or both (OMNIVORES).
A FOOD WEB shows who eats who, and how the energy flows.
All energy can be traced back to PRODUCERS
They produce their own food via photosynthesis
CONSUMERS eat other organisms
(Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores
& Decomposers-eat dead matter)
Where do we get energy from?
Plants get their energy from the sun via a process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Animals get their energy from either eating plants (HERBIVORES), eating other animals (CARNIVORES) or both (OMNIVORES).
A FOOD WEB shows who eats who, and how the energy flows.
All energy can be traced back to PRODUCERS
They produce their own food via photosynthesis
CONSUMERS eat other organisms
(Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores
& Decomposers-eat dead matter)
| www.environment.nsw.gov....ainforestfoodchains.pdf |
Adaptations
An ADAPTATION is a special skill which helps an animal to SURVIVE and do everything it needs to do.
Adaptations could be physical changes to the animals body or behavioural changes in how an individual animal or a society do things in their daily lives or physiological.
Behavioural Adaptations
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Innate behaviors are ones the animal is born with.
Learned behaviors are just that -- learned -- and animals will acquire them throughout life.
Learned behaviors are just that -- learned -- and animals will acquire them throughout life.
Types of Behavioural Adaptations
Camouflage
Communal Living
Hibernation
Migration
Mimicry
Nocturnality
Camouflage
Communal Living
Hibernation
Migration
Mimicry
Nocturnality
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