Year FiveScience Lessons

Australian Animals

Lesson SequenceOverview:

Learning objectives:1. Explain the meaning of endangered animals.2. Discuss the difference between extinct,

critically endangered and vulnerable and list some species that are currently endangered.

3. Identify reasons for endangered species.4. Create a poster using glogster.com to publish

findings.

Lesson Three: Endangered Animals

Students:

Have been on an excursion to the Perth Zoo.

Can describe characteristics of different animals and explain their significance.

Are aware animals fall into six classification groups.

Have explored what habitats and food webs are.

Are aware of the relationship between an animal and the living and non-living elements in its habitat.

Prior Knowledge

REVIEW

Reptile

MammalFishBird

What are the six animal groups?

AmphibianArthropod

What do we mean when we say an

animal is ENDANGERED?

DISCUSSION

Extinct means that the entire species has died out and can never return.

Critically Endangered is the highest risk category for wild species. Critically Endangered means that a species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.

DEFINITIONSThe Tasmanian Tiger is a mammal that was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s

The Regent Honeyeater is a bird facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild

An endangered species is a species which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by a changing environmental or predators.

A vulnerable species is one which has been categorised as likely to become Endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

The Dugong is a large marine mammal whose population is dwindling and at threat of extinction

The Green and Golden Bell Frog is an amphibian that is considered vulnerable.

Video: Endangered Species in Australia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osr_xJWEVOM

Open the wikispace:http://ashandkylieictinteractiveresource.wikispaces.com There are instructions and helpful links!

You have been assigned a group and animal classification so first look for this!

Class ActivityUse Glogster.com to make a poster about an endangered animal.