Year Five Animal Adaptations in Other Learning Areas

Maths

1. Students use the graph they draw in lesson three as a base to construct and practice various other graphs including dot plots and line
graphs. (Construct displays, including column graphs, dot plots and tables,  appropriate for data type, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMSP119)).

2. Students swap graphs and interpret the data shown. Students need to write down and describe what they see and what it means. (Describe
and interpret different data sets in context (ACMSP120).

English

1. After lesson two, students write a report on the experiment, how it was done and the results. They need to use subheadings and describe the
events in chronological order. (Investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub pages for online texts and
according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigation (ACELA1797)).

2. Students prepare an oral presentation focusing on bird adaptations, both structural and behavioural. Students can extend their presentation
by researching adaptations of other Australian animals that interest them. (Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes
incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements (ACELY1700)).

Visual Art

1. Students choose their favourite Australian bird that has been studied over the course of the science lessons. They paint the bird, with their
beak as the focus point. Students consider shape when drawing the beak and choice of colour when painting. (Development and application of
artistic techniques and processes with: shape (convex, concave) and colour (expressive colours, natural colours to create artwork (ACAVAM115)).

HASS - Geography

1. After looking at the main characteristics of the climate and vegetation of South and North America, students research animals native to those
areas and learn about the different adaptations those animals have that make them so suited to that environment. As an extension, students
write down what they think would happen if one of those native animals tried to live in Australia. (The main characteristics (e.g. climate, natural
vegetation, landforms, native animals) of the continents of South America and North America, and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia
(ACHASSK111)).