Organisms and their Environment

Objectives

• Show knowledge and understanding of why adaptation is important for an organism's survival
• Show knowledge and understanding of how plants and animals adapt to their environment
• Show knowledge and understanding of how a change to a habitat can affect the survival of a species

Theory Presentations/Assessment - Organisms and their Environment

• Introduction
• The Need for Adaptation
• Competition between Organisms
• Adaptations can be Structural or Behavioral
• Animal Structural Adaptations
• Plant Structural Adaptations
• Behavioral Adaptations
• 'Natural' Extinction
• 'Human-made' Extinction
• Summary

Activity - Looking at Adaptations

• Students use interactive applications to explore how some organisms are suited to their environments.
• Students will also explore man-made changes to the environment and see how organisms who are unable to adapt will not survive.