Year 7 Science Research Task Scaffold- Australian Animals - Feedback - Progress to Cohort
Title :
Scientific name:
Indigenous name:
Introduction: Outline why are you researching this animal. Many students are
Describe briefly what providing a short summary about the animal only. This part of the
your research as an assignment needs you to tell the reader why this animal is important for
Environmental Scientist your research / time and effort.
is (ie: why are you Suggestions to address:
researching this animal: You may choose to outline what you hope to achieve with this poster/
for example is it work?
endangered, threatened
or becoming a pest)
Classification: Classify Many students are providing very short classification like “mammal”. It is
which group the animal expected that you classify the animal into the following classification
belongs to eg: Mammal, classes:
1. Domain
marsupial, bird, reptile.
2. Kingdom
3. Phylum
4. Class
5. Order
6. Family
7. Genus
8. Species
Features: Describe Many students are providing a general summary of the features. It is
features of your chosen suggested that students follow these headings and present your
animal eg: size, body information as such:
covering, diet, ears, 1. Size
eyes, reproduction 2. body covering
3. Diet
4. Ears
5. eyes
6. reproduction
Description of its habitat: Many have referenced map missing. The map should support the
Provide a description description.
and a map of where the
organism is located.
Adaptations to the
Australian Environment: Many responses were general in nature.
Explain how these Suggested to follow this scaffold:
features are adaptations 1. State the specific adaptations (even provide a annotated diagram
which help them to photo if possible to identify the adaptations)
2. Briefly outline what the adaptation is
reproduce and survive in
3. Link these adaptations to how they help them to survive
the Australian be specific!
environment.
Land clearing
evaluation: Make a ● Make a judgement, have humans had any impact on the survival
judgement on the human of the species? This is either affirmative or negative (please dont
sit on the fence).
impact of land clearing
● Support your judgement with relevant referenced data.
on the survival of the ● One suggestion to look at might be the impact of habitat /
species. population of the animal of your choice over time.
Graphs and data
Bibliography Please link the references in text to your information.
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