Giraffe Adaptations - Scientific Diagram
Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to show behavioural adaptations of giraffes in the Savannah biome.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to understand that living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment.
- We are learning to understand that living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment.
Curriculum alignment
AC9S5I04
9
Construct and use appropriate representations, including tables, graphs and visual or physical models, to organise and process data and information and describe patterns, trends and relationships
AC9S5I01
9
Pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
AC9S5H02
9
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions
AC9S5H01
9
Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others
AC9S5I06
9
Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
AC9S5U01
9
Examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats
ACSIS090
8.4
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
ACSIS218
8.4
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
ACSIS093
8.4
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
ACSIS231
8.4
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
ACSHE083
8.4
Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions
ACSHE081
8.4
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions
ACSSU043
8.4
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment
ST3-3DP-T
old
Defines problems, and designs, modifies and follows algorithms to develop solutions
ST3-1WS-S
old
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
ST3-2DP-T
old
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
ST3-4LW-S
old
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
ST3-5LW-T
old
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition
ST3-9PW-ST
old
Investigates the effects of increasing or decreasing the strength of a specific contact or non-contact force
ST3-8PW-ST
old
Explains how energy is transformed from one form to another
ST3-7MW-T
old
Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes
ST3-6MW-S
old
Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials
ST3-10ES-S
old
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface
ST3-11DI-T
old
Explains how digital systems represent data, connect together to form networks and transmit data
VCSIS085
Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to record, represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data
VCSIS082
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules
VCSIS086
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
VCSSU073
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
VCSIS088
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
VCSSU074
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment
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