Porcupine fish 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about features of a fish. Question 1Change answer Side view When a porcupine fish is swimming normally its spines lie flat along its body. Front view A porcupine fish can inflate its body. The fish now looks 2-3 times its normal size. The porcupine fish swallows water quickly and inflates itself when danger approaches. Give two ways this would help protect the fish. Side view When a porcupine fish is swimming normally its spines lie flat along its body. Front view A porcupine fish can inflate its body. The fish now looks 2-3 times its normal size. The porcupine fish swallows water quickly and inflates itself when danger approaches. Give two ways this would help protect the fish. 1. 2. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Science, Investigating in science, Living World Keywords: ecology, fish, adaptation, defence Description of task: Students give two reasons why it is an advantage for a porcupine fish to inflate its body and have its spines stick out when it is in danger. Curriculum Links: Science capabilities The capabilities focus is brought about by the conversations you have and the questions you ask. Capability: Gather and interpret data This resource provides opportunities to discuss what we can learn about animals by looking at them carefully and suggesting reasons for what we see. Science capability: Gather and interpret data (TKI) Science capabilities: Gather and interpret data Making Better Sense: Fish Answers/responses: Y6 (11/1998) Any 2 of: Makes itself look larger. Spines now stick out. More difficult to eat. To scare off predators. 2 correct – difficult 1 correct – easy Teaching and learning: http://scienceonline.tki.org.nz/Introducing-five-science-capabilities Dog sense Features of a sea lion Features of the fennec fox Birds' feet Reptile defence Plants and where they grow Living underground Sharks' fins Meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs Thinking about velociraptors Duck tales Bird feet and beaks Design a plant Animal tongues Features of mallard ducks and wētā A chiton Feathery Friends Long-tailed bat (pekapeka) Leaves for extreme climates Feet and beaks II Feet and beaks
