Animal Discovery
Join Percy the possum on an exciting adventure to meet her friends at Centennial Park! Along the way, you'll discover the unique features of various creatures, learn about their habitats, and see how they grow and evolve.
Who will Percy meet on her journey?
Curriculum outcomes
Science Stage 1 (NSW)
NSW Science (2024)
Investigations of changes provide knowledge and understanding
STI-SCI-01 Measures and describes changes in living things, materials, movement, Earth and the sky
Living things change over time
- Living things depend on habitats and grow in different ways
- Describe the external features of a possum, Australian bass and Eastern-snake neck turtle and use diagrams to understand how the animal goes through its life cycle
- Observe and describe living things in a habitat
- Predator vs Prey concepts – learning through play about how different animals depend on each other for survival
STI-PQU-01 Poses questions based on observations and information to investigate cause and effect
Science Australian Curriculum
Biological sciences
Year 1
AC9S1U01 Identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs
A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that breathes air, has a backbone, and grows hair. Marsupials are a type of mammal tha...
Fish are cold blooded animals that live under water. They have gills which allow them to breathe oxygen, fins to help th...
Reptiles are cold-blooded animals that have dry scaly skin, backbones and usually lay soft-shelled eggs on land. A turtl...