SUBJECT: SCIENCE
YEAR: 7
WEEK ENDING: 2/5/ 25
Lesson Plan 2024-2025 1
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☐ Maintain cleanliness and tidiness in your workspace.
☐ Follow classroom procedures and expectations.
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Polar bear
cactus Jack rabbit
What do you think
helps each of them
Task on entry survive in their home
(habitat)?
Topic- Adaptations
Learning Objective: Success Criteria - I can…..
• To identify and describe some adaptations for ▪ Analyze and justify the specific adaptations of various
different habitats. organisms to their respective habitats.
▪ Describe how inherited variation is caused.
Literacy/Numeracy (Key Vocabulary)
Key words: Environment, physical environment factors, adaptations, jack rabbit, community, ecosystem
Word of the day : Camouflage Meaning: Hiding by looking like the things around .
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Marking scheme
1. What is the function (job) of fish gills?
A) To absorb water from the water B) To make the fish faster.
C) To make the fish lighter D) To absorb oxygen from the water
2. Structures or behaviors that help an organism survive in its surroundings
A) adaptations B) inherited traits C) learned behaviours D) structural behaviours
3.Which adaptations in camels do not protect them from their sandy habitat?
A) A double row of long eyelashes B) Bushy eyebrows
C) A long neck D) Nostrils which can close
Connection 3minutes
1. What is the function (job) of fish gills?
A) To absorb water from the water B) To make the fish faster.
C) To make the fish lighter D) To absorb oxygen from the water
2. Structures or behaviors that help an organism survive in its surroundings
A) adaptations B) inherited traits C) learned behaviours D) structural behaviours
3.Which adaptations in camels do not protect them from their sandy habitat?
A) A double row of long eyelashes B) Bushy eyebrows
C) A long neck D) Nostrils which can close
Instruction : Observe the given photo and
Activation answer the question below:
A is mother of.......C
D
C is mother of.......and.....
B
J is mother of .......
E
G
E is mother of .....and ...I
Inherited Features: An organism gets
its features from its parents.
Inherited Variation: Differences in
inherited features- (Reason: In sexual
reproduction, Gametes (sperm and
egg cells) have different sets of
instructions for features.
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Activation- Check for understanding self check
My Inherited feature From whom I got it
(Mum , Dad, or both)
Hair colour Mum
Skin colour (a)
Face shape (b)
Eye colour (c)
Complete the sentence given below
"Inherited variation is caused because..."
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Activation – Station
Activation- based activity
Adaptations
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Activation – Station
Activation- based
Ecosystem andactivity
community
Instruction: Watch the video carefully and
answer the questions on the next slide
Species
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Check for understanding. 3minutes
1. Which is an example of a population?
A. All the plants and animals in a forest B. All the deer in a national park
C. All the rocks in a desert D. All the birds, insects, and trees in a garden
2. What is a community?
A. The population of one species
B. All the abiotic components of an environment
C. All populations of different species living in a specific area.
D. All the producers in an ecosystem
3. Which of the following best describes an ecosystem?
A. All living things in a forest
B. A community of organisms and their physical environment.
C. The climate of a particular area.
D. The water cycle in a rainforest
Marking scheme.
1. Which is an example of a population?
A. All the plants and animals in a forest B. All the deer in a national park
C. All the rocks in a desert D. All the birds, insects, and trees in a garden
2. What is a community?
A. The population of one species
B. All the abiotic components of an environment
C. All populations of different species living in a specific area.
D. All the producers in an ecosystem
3. Which of the following best describes an ecosystem?
A. All living things in a forest
B. A community of organisms and their physical environment.
C. The climate of a particular area.
D. The water cycle in a rainforest
Demonstration
Group 1 2 Group 2. Group 3
Task 1: (Pair task)
Refer to the passage on pages 60 and 61 of the textbook and write short notes on the following topics.:
➢ Adaptations of a polar Bear
➢ Adaptations of a cactus
➢ Adaptations of a jack rabbit.
Task 2: (pair task) Task 2: (pair task) Task 2: (pair task) Research and Find:
1. Predict how the adaptations of polar
bears, cactus, and jackrabbits might
evolve in the future. What
environmental factors could drive these
changes, and how might they affect the
overall ecosystems in which these
organisms live?
Demonstration
Group 1 2 Group 2. Group 3
Task 1:
Adaptations of polar bear;
Small ears :to stop it losing too much heat.
White Fur: Camouflages with snow to hide from prey and predators.
Thick fur: to keep body warm.
Rough soles: to grip the ice
Large feet: Help to walk on snow and swim in icy water.
Adaptations of cactus
Stores Water in Stems.
Wide Roots: Absorb water quickly from light rain.
No leaves : Prevent water lose through leaves.
Adaptations of Jack rabbit
Long Ears: Help lose body heat through large surface area.
Large hind legs : to run quickly away from predators.
Does not drink water : water absorb from food
Check for understanding. 3minutes
1. How does the white fur of a polar bear help it survive?
A. Keeps it dry in water B. Attracts prey
C. Helps camouflage in the snow D. Increases body temperature
2. What is a major adaptation of a cactus for living in the desert?
A. Broad, flat leaves to catch rain.
B. Shallow roots that spread wide to catch water quickly.
C. Spines to store water
D. Thin stems that lose water easily
3. How do the long ears of a jackrabbit help it survive in the desert?
A. They help it hear predators from far away
B. They help to regulate body temperature by releasing heat.
C. They help to store water
D. They help it burrow underground
Check for understanding
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Reflection
•I can analyze and justify the specific
adaptations of various organisms to their
respective habitats .
•I can describe how inherited variation is
caused.
