Ant safari

Secondary KLA:
Science
Educational levels:
Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

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This ABC In Depth feature article includes some good advice for exploring local ant populations as well as an excellent information report on Australian ants: the different types and their roles.

NSW syllabus outcomes

(ST3-4WS) investigates by posing questions, including testable questions, making predictions and gathering data to draw evidence-based conclusions and develop explanations

(ST3-10LW) describes how structural features and other adaptations of living things help them to survive in their environment

(ST3-11LW) describes some physical conditions of the environment and how these affect the growth and survival of living things

(SC4-4WS) identifies questions and problems that can be tested or researched and makes predictions based on scientific knowledge

(SC4-7WS) processes and analyses data from a first-hand investigation and secondary sources to identify trends, patterns and relationships, and draw conclusions

(SC4-8WS) selects and uses appropriate strategies, understanding and skills to produce creative and plausible solutions to identified problems

(SC4-14LW) relates the structure and function of living things to their classification, survival and reproduction

(SC4-15LW) explains how new biological evidence changes people's understanding of the world

Australian curriculum content descriptions

(ACSSU043) Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment

(ACSHE081) Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena

(ACSSU094) The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment

(ACSHE098) Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena

(ACSSU111) There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity

(ACSSU112) Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs; human activity can affect these interactions

(ACSHE223) Science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines of science

(ACSIS130) Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions

More information

Resource type:
Text
ScOT topics:
Animal behaviour, Ecosystems
File type:
text/html
Language/s:
en-AU
Author:
ABC - Scribbly Gum
Publisher:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Date created:
Monday, 8 March 2010

Resource ID: d238e885-adda-4275-abe7-516467e412af