Substrand: "6.2 Variations in living things" (20 periods)

Survival of organisms depends on how well they are adapted to their environment. To survive, animals must be well adapted to get food, avoid being eaten and find mate. Changes in the environment by humans or natural causes, affect organisms. Some organisms can adapt to environmental changes, but not all do. Those that do not may die out (become extinct).

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

6.2.1 understand that within any species there can be lots of variation (u)

6.2.1.1 collect data on the variations in physical characteristics of children in the school and report the findings to the class

6.2.2 know that every organism has some characteristics or adaptations that help it to survive (k)

6.2.2.1 list some features of two animals and two plants that have helped them to survive
6.2.2.2 design and make a model animal to survive in a given environment
6.2.2.3 observe animals’ habits which help them to survive and record these

6.2.3 know that some life forms became extinct a long time ago and others more recently (k)

6.2.3.1 give some examples of forms of life from the local environment that have become extinct and explain why this happened

6.2.4 know that characteristics are passed from one generation to the other (k)

6.2.4.1 compare the features of baby animals with their parents