Term 1 Week 4-5

Kia ora scientists!

We are continuing our journey to understand the life around us

Success Criteria:

Predict if an animal is a predator or prey by identifying its physical features
Understand physical adaptation of animals from hot and cold climates
Describe predator prey cycles, and how these cycles occur

Activities:

1. Find similarities in physical adaptation between predators and prey 
2. Apply Bergman's rule and Allan's rule to animals of hot and cold climates, and explain why 
3. Create a designer organism, incorporating ecological terms and concepts
4. Graph a predator and prey cycle using data
5. Game- cat and mice

Further Learning:
All resources on Google Classrooms, EP, and Brainpop

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the natural world around us
• We are EXPLORING the interactions between all living organisms in our biosphere
• We are EXPLORING the significant impact human actions (and inactions) have impacted on the equilibrium of our biosphere