Features resources

Students match photographs of bird beaks to the correct beak description and type of food it would eat.

Task: identify two features that enable a sea lion to live in water. Assessment focus: adaptations.

Task: Use close observation of photos and prior knowledge, to write explanations of how the special features of animal tongues help animals survive in their habitats. Assessment focus: structure and function.

Task: choose 3 features of a mosquito and say how they help it survive. Assessment focus: adaptations for survival.

Task: Students give oral explanations about how the features of a wētā or a mallard duck help it survive in its environment. Peer assessment sheets are included. Assessment focus: structure and function.

Students explain the function of the veins, waxy layer of the upper surface of the leaf, how the shape of the leaf traps light energy and why the upper surface of the leaf is a darker green than the lower surface.

Task: students answer questions about features of the fennec fox. Assessment focus: adaptations.

Task: Students decide whether six animals are insects or spiders and justify their answers. Assessment focus: Using evidence.