Features of the fennec fox 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about adaptations. This small fennec fox is only 50 cm long but its ears may be more than 10 cm long. It lives in hot, sandy deserts and feeds on small animals like mice, lizards, and birds. Question 2Change answer a) How would the large ears of the fennec help it survive? a) How would the large ears of the fennec help it survive? Question 2Change answer b) Its coat colour is a light red-brown. How does this colour help the fennec in its environment? b) Its coat colour is a light red-brown. How does this colour help the fennec in its environment? Question 2Change answer c) The fennec comes out at night to hunt for its food. Why would it hunt after dark? c) The fennec comes out at night to hunt for its food. Why would it hunt after dark? Task administration: This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with NO auto marking). Level: 3 Curriculum info: Science, Understanding about science, Living World Keywords: ecology, adaptation, features, mammals, foxes Description of task: Task: students answer questions about features of the fennec fox. Assessment focus: adaptations. Curriculum Links: Science capabilities The capabilities focus is brought about by the conversations you have and the questions you ask. Capabilitiy: Use evidence This resource provides opportunities to discuss using information given about the animal and the environment it lives in to make inferences scientific explanations need to be backed by evidence. Science capability: Use evidence Science capabilities: Use evidence Making Better Sense: Adaptation Answers/responses: Y6 (12/1997) a) Help it to hear better/as a mechanism for losing heat. very easy b) Camouflage/doesn't attract heat. very easy c) It is when the fox's prey comes out/fox is active in the cooler night. difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Common error c) 60% of the wrong answers given in question c) were either Other animals are asleep. Because the fox can't be seen. Bird adaptations Features of the mosquito Dog sense Features of a sea lion Birds' feet Reptile defence Porcupine fish Plants and where they grow Protecting their babies Praying mantis Snail Living underground Sharks' fins Meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs Thinking about velociraptors Duck tales Bird feet and beaks Design a plant Animal tongues Couch - A type of grass Old Man's Beard Features of mallard ducks and wētā A chiton Feathery Friends Long-tailed bat (pekapeka) Leaves for extreme climates Kahili ginger (wild ginger) Feet and beaks II Feet and beaks Native butterflies
