Adaptation unit success criteria Science Through STEM

Build your own animal with super adaptations!

Where does your animal live? Describe the weather and natural features of this environment.
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How does your animal survive? Draw and label diagram to explain the physical and behavioural adaptations that help your
animal to survive in its environment.
Adaptation unit success criteria Science Through STEM

Research and explain how humans impact negatively on your chosen habitat. How does this affect your animal?
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What can humans do to have a more positive impact on your chosen environment? How can humans help to protect your
animal?
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Complete the ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS and attach it to the back of this document.
Success Criteria
I will be successful when I have:
 Selected an appropriate habitat for my animal to live
 researched and described the weather and natural features of the selected habitat
 Illustrated and labelled a diagram of my animal
 Labelled the physical and behavioural adaptations of my animal
 Researched and explained how humans negatively impact the selected habitat
 Explained how the human environmental impact affects my animal
 Suggested practical ways humans can have a more positive impact on the selected environment
 Suggested ways humans can help protect my animal

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Adaptation unit success criteria Science Through STEM

Selected an appropriate habitat for my animal to live

Researched, analysed and described the weather and

natural features of the selected habitat
Illustrated and labelled a diagram of my animal

Labelled the physical and behavioural adaptations of my

animal. Explained and justified each adaptation

Researched and explained how humans negatively

impact the selected habitat

Explained how the human environmental impact affects

my animal

Suggested practical ways humans can have a more

positive impact on the selected environment

Suggested ways humans can help protect my animal