Key Concept: All living things need to adapt in order to survive in different environments.
Purpose: To use our inquiry model to develop and apply Scientific Concepts from the Living World.
Specific Learning Outcome: Students will be able to… · Explain what it means to be a living thing. · Understand what mutually exclusive categories are. · Explain why animals develop adaptations. · Understand that many adaptations which animals developed will be dependent on where they are on the food chain. · Explain that animals live in niches to suit their particular lifestyle. · Explain that animals avoid competition by adapting to certain niches, in order to better survive.
Students will be able to…
· Explain what it means to be a living thing.
· Understand what mutually exclusive categories are.
· Explain why animals develop adaptations.
· Understand that many adaptations which animals developed will be dependent on where they are on the food chain.
· Explain that animals live in niches to suit their particular lifestyle.
· Explain that animals avoid competition by adapting to certain niches, in order to better survive.