Plant Adaptations

Science Stage 2 (NSW)  

NSW Science (2024)  

Knowledge of our world and beyond inspires sustainable solutions

ST3-SCI-01 uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices

Living things may change over millions of years, in response to their environments.

• Observe behavioural and structural adaptations of plants and animals, and suggest how these may help them survive in their environments
• Identify and describe how the loss or introduction of plants or animals affects an Australian ecosystem

ST3-PQU-01 poses questions to identify variables and conducts fair tests to gather data

ST3-DAT-01 interprets data to support explanations and arguments

ST3-CWT-01 creates written texts to communicate understanding of scientific and technological concepts and processes

Creating written explanations of concepts and processes supports understanding of Science and Technology

• Use compound and complex sentences and labelled diagrams to create a text that explains a process, concept or investigation
• Use notetaking, journalling, annotations and labelled images to create a multimodal text that documents the design processes involved in developing a solution 

Science Australian Curriculum 

Biological sciences

Year 5

AC9S5U01 examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats

• identify physical and behavioural characteristics that enable a plant or animal to survive, such as being able to see in dim light and being nocturnal
• exploring features of plants and animals that enable them to survive in Australia’s desert environments, such as bottle (or boab) trees and the water-holding frog
   

Year 6

AC9S6U01 investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions

• identifying the physical conditions in an aquatic or terrestrial habitat and how they change over time
• investigating how changes to physical conditions such as salinity, soil type, sunlight or temperature affect plant growth
• recognising that environmental conditions can affect stages of life, such as ponds drying up, seeds requiring water to germinate, or temperatures being too hot or cold for eggs to hatch