Year 4 Biological Sciences BUNDLE

Description

Resources included in this bundle:

1. The Life Cycle of Living Things Slides & Worksheets-

This resource includes 17 informational slides and 4 worksheets that cover the following topics-

Students will learn:

• How living things develop through their life cycles
• How the life cycles of animals of plants are similar and different
• That some animals go through dramatic changes (metamorphosis) and others change only a little
• The life cycle stages of various animals, insects and plants (frogs, ladybugs, chickens, kangaroos, sunflowers, tomatoes and pumpkins)

Information covered in the informational slides:

• What is a life cycle?
• The life cycles of animals
• The life cycle of a frog
• The life cycle of a ladybug
• The life cycle of a chicken
• The life cycle of a kangaroo
• The life cycle of plants
• The life cycle of a sunflower
• The life cycle of a tomato
• The life cycle of a pumpkin
• Comparing the life cycles of plants and animals (side by side)
• 10 true or false ‘check your understanding’ questions with answers
• Vocabulary definitions at the end of the slides

The worksheets include:

Worksheet 1: Comparing the Life Cycle of Animals and Plants Tick Box Activity

Worksheet 2: The Life Cycles of Living Things: Close Passages

Worksheet 3: Cut and Paste Activity: The Life Cycle of a Frog

Worksheet 4: Cut and Paste Activity: The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

✓ An answer key is included for easy marking!

2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspective: Life Cycles & Land Management Slides & Worksheets-

This resource includes 14 informational slides and 4 worksheets that cover the following topics-

Students will learn about:

• How Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities utilised the life cycles of different plant and animal species
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples relationship with plants and animals
• Land management techniques such as firestick farming and cool burns
• Environmental factors can affect life cycles such as fire and seed germination
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders perception of being an integral part of the environment

Information covered in the informational slides:

• Indigenous Australians And Their Relationship With Nature
• Their Relationship With Animals
• Which Animals Did Aboriginal Australians Hunt?
• Their Relationship With Plants
• The Silver Wattle (Acacia Dealbata)
• Plants Eaten for Nutrition
• Plants Used as Medicine
• Firestick Farming
• Cultural Burning
• Land Management
• ATSI Peoples Understanding of Life Cycles
• ATSI Peoples Understanding of Insects: Moths
• ATSI People as an Integral Part of the Environment

The worksheets include:

Worksheet 1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories & Culture: Land Management (Close Passage)

Worksheet 2: Inland vs. Coastal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities –

Worksheet 3: Research Task: ATSI Knowledge of Animals

Worksheet 4: Research Task: ATSI Knowledge of Plants

✓ An answer key is included for easy marking!

3. How Living Things Depend on Each Other and the Environment Slides & Worksheets-

This resource includes 17 informational slides and 4 worksheets that cover the following topics-

Informational Slides Address the Following:

• The Habitats of Different Animals ( River, Desert, Coastal)
• The Interdependence of Living Things
• Symbiosis Vs. Competition
• The Relationship Between Plants and Animals
• How Trees Provide Shelter for Animals
• The Relationship Between Owls and Trees
• The Roles of Living Things in a Habitat: Producers, Consumers & Decomposers
• Three Types of Consumers: Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

The worksheets include:

1. Close Passage Task: The Roles of Living Things in a Habitat

2. Word Sorting Task: Producer, Consumer or Decomposer

3. True or False & Multiple Choice Questions: The Relationship Between Living Things

4. Picture Sorting Task: Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores

✓ An answer key is included for easy marking!

4. Predator-Prey Relationships Slides & Worksheets-

This resource includes 20 informational slides and 4 worksheets that cover the following topics-

Students will learn about:

• Different types of predators and prey
• How predators and prey play an important role in the food chain
• How predators and prey have adapted and evolved over time
• Food chains and food webs
• The impact of endangerment and extinction
• How plants can be both plants and predators
• How some relationships can be mutually beneficial and others are competitive

Information covered in the informational slides:

• What is a predator and prey?
• Predator-prey scenarios
• Predator-prey adaptations and evolution
• Food chains
• Food webs
• What happens when species in a food chain goes extinct?
• The grey wolf- disrupted and damaged food chains
• How predator-prey relationships affect population
• Plants as prey and predators
• The Venus fly trap – plants as predators
• Mutually beneficial relationships
• Competitive relationships
• Vocabulary definitions at the end of the slides

The worksheets include:

Worksheet 1: Predators and Prey Close Passage

Worksheet 2: Food Chains Cut and Paste Activity

Worksheet 3: Predator-Prey Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions

Worksheet 4: Mutually Beneficial Relationships and Competitive Relationships Draw and Caption Task

✓ An answer key is included for easy marking!