Lesson One:

Engage – Animal features and their environment.

Student Objective 1: Objective 2:
Match an animal feature to the environment it belongs to. Define ‘structural feature.’
Amie

Bella

Byron

Caleb

Chelsea

Emma

Franklin

Gemma

Harry

Josh

Kieren

Mary

Nigel

Perrie

Yasmin

Key: ✓✓✓ - Achieved, ✓✓ - Consolidating, ✓ - Struggling, / - not shown

Lesson Two:
Explore – Types of adaptations and how they help the animal survive in its environment.

Student Objective 1: Objective 2:

Identify at least one animal adaptation . Explain how one chosen adaptation helps an animal
survive in its environment.
Amie
Bella

Byron

Caleb

Chelsea

Emma

Franklin

Gemma

Harry

Josh

Kieren

Mary

Nigel

Perrie

Yasmin

Key: ✓✓✓ - Achieved, ✓✓ - Consolidating, ✓ - Struggling, / - not shown

Lesson Three:
Explain – Types of Adaptations

Student Objective 1:
State the difference between structural and behavioural
adaptation.
Amie
Bella

Byron

Caleb

Chelsea

Emma

Franklin

Gemma

Harry

Josh

Kieren

Mary

Nigel

Perrie

Yasmin

Key: ✓✓✓ - Achieved, ✓✓ - Consolidating, ✓ - Struggling, / - not shown

Lesson Three:
Explain – Types of Adaptations

Student Name: Objective 2:

Create a presentation about an adaptation, stating the type of adaption, what animals have it, what
Adaptation: environment it is seen in and how it helps the animal survive.

1 2 3 4 5
States the animals that
have the adaptation.

States behavioural or
structural adaptation
and explains how.

States the environment

that the adaptation is
commonly seen in.

Explains how the

adaptation helps the
animal survive in its
environment.
Lesson Four:
Elaborate – Adaptations Investigation (student planned)

Student Names: Objective 1:

Plan and conduct an investigation about how camouflage helps an animal survive in its environment.

Excellent Satisfactory Beginning Poor

Hypothesis The hypothesis is They hypothesis relates The hypothesis attempts The hypothesis does not
directly related to the to the question but does to answer the question. relate to the question.
question and gives a not include a scientific
scientific explanation. explanation.
Materials All martials are correct Most materials are Some materials are Limited materials are
and directly relate to the correct and relate to the used, but further useful recorded.
investigation. investigation. materials are not used.
Materials are recorded
correctly.
Plan A detailed plan is A plan is made that A plan is made that A brief description is
created and steps are reveals the steps to partially shows steps to provided about a plan
recorded to follow follow in the follow. for the investigation.
during the investigation. investigation.
Variables Correct independent, Two of the three types One of the three types of An attempt is made to
dependent and of variables are variables are specified. state the variables of the
controlled variables are correctly specified. investigation.
specified.
Results Data is recorded Data is recorded Data is recorded, but Part of the data is
accurately and uses the accurately and uses the uses the incorrect graph recorded, but uses the
correct graph type to correct graph type to type to record the wrong graph type. No
record the information. record the information. information. labels are on the graph.
The graph is correctly The graph is mostly Some parts of the graph
labelled. labelled correctly. are labelled correctly.
Lesson Five:
Evaluate – Summative assessment on content knowledge.
Student Name: Objective 1: State a structural feature present in an animal.
Objective 2: Describe an adaptation of an animal and how it helps them survive in their environment.
Excellent High Satisfactory Limited
Structural Features Student correctly Student correctly Student defines Student attempts to
(Q1 and 2) defines ‘structural defines ‘structural ‘structural feature’ and define ‘structural
feature’ and provides 5 feature’ and provides 2 provides 1 example of a feature’ and lists simple
or more examples of a to 4 examples of a structural feature. examples.
structural feature. structural feature.
Adaptations Student correctly Student correctly Student adequately Student attempts to
(Q3) defines ‘adaptation’ and defines ‘adaptation.’ defines ‘adaptation.’ define adaptation.
provides examples.
Structural Adaptations Student correctly ticks Student correctly ticks Students correctly ticks Student incorrectly ticks
(Q4) all three structural two of the structural one of the structural structural adaptations.
adaptations. adaptations. adaptations.
Behavioural Adaptations Student correctly ticks Student correctly ticks Students correctly ticks Student incorrectly ticks
(Q5) all three behavioural two of the behavioural one of the behavioural structural adaptations.
adaptations. adaptations. adaptations.
Adaptations and the Student correctly Student correctly Student explains how an Student attempts to
Environment explains how an explains how an animal’s adaptation aids explain how an animal’s
animal’s adaptation aids adaptation aids an its survival in limited adaptation aids its
(Q6, 7, 8 and 9)
its survival in its animal’s survival in its detail. Briefly states that survival in its
environment in great environment in good an animal cannot environment.
detail. Student is able to detail. Student can survive in an
reason as to why an reason why an animal environment other than
animal cannot survive in cannot survive in a its own.
a different environment different environment
than its natural habitat than its natural habitat
by explaining the effect by explaining the effect
its adaptations will have its adaptations will have.
in detail.