Using Group Work to Develop Knowledge: Quick on the Draw!

Quick on the draw: Adaptation and survival

How does it does it work?

• There are piles of graded questions (E A*)• Get a question (start at E grade), bring it back to the

group. Use the glossary / index / laptop.• Agree together what the answer is. Write it in your

book. All practice saying it from memory. • Call sir or miss over. Only ONE of you will be chosen to

answer. • If you get it right – add an ‘I’ to the scoreboard of

awesomeness, return your Q to the pile, and get the next question.

• If you get it wrong, or only offer an incomplete answer – back to the drawing board!

• Answer the questions as per the ‘Scoreboard of awesomeness (next slide)• When you have completed your row, choose which questions to ask tactically (which

will give you the most points in the shortest space of time?• The group with the most points at the end of the lesson will win an AMAZING prize!!!

Quick on the draw: Adaptation and survival

Different groups may learn slightly different things in this lesson.

However we will all pick up lots of knowledge that will be useful as we move through the unit.

Example learning outcomes

•Define adaptation, competition, seed distribution, living indicators (E)•Explain 3 ways in which plant adaptations help them reduce water loss in hot/dry conditions (C)•Describe the importance of surface area to volume ratio in determining the size of arctic mammals (A)

Example key words

Adaptation

Competition

Stomata

Living indicator

Ovipostor

Extremophile

Lichens

Colony collapse disorder

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SCOREBOARD OF AWESOMENESS

TEAME

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1. Get a question (work from E A* grade)2. All must write the answer. Practice saying it from memory.

Close your books. Get Sir to check your learning. Anyone in the group may be asked!

3. If correct – add an ‘I’ to the column below, and get the next Q. When all done – choose Qs tactically!

KEY WORD CONTINUUM

Like Dislike

Understand Don’t understand

2 types of question:

Like Dislike

Adaptation


Competition


Like Dislike

Living indicator


Stomata


Like Dislike

Ovipostor


Extremophile


Extremophile


ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL

EXAMPLE LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Define adaptation, competition, seed distribution, living indiators (E)

• Explain 3 ways in which plant adaptations help them reduce water loss in hot/dry conditions (C)

• Describe the importance of surface area to volume ratio in determining the size of arctic mammals (A)

Example key words

Adaptation

Competition

Stomata

Living indicator

Ovipostor

Extremophile

Lichens

Colony collapse disorder


TEAME

(answer 3)(1 PT)

D(answer 2)

(2 PTS)

C(answer 1)

(3 PTS)

B(answer 1)

(4 PTS)

A(answer 1)

(5 PTS)

A*(answer

1) (6 PTS)TOTAL


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WHAT IS AN EXTREMOPHILE?

GIVE AN EXAMPLE!

Grade E - 1 Point

DEFINE ADAPTATION

Grade E - 1 Point

HOW DO PLANTS LOSE WATER FROM THEIR

LEAVES?

Grade E - 1 Point

LIST 3 THINGS ANIMALSCOMPETE FOR

Grade E - 1 Point

NAME 3 THINGS PLANTS COMPETE WITH

EACH OTHER FOR

Grade E - 1 Point

HOW MANY SPECIES OF FIG TREE ARE THERE?

Grade E - 1 Point

WHAT IS AN INDICATOR?

Grade E - 1 Point

Why are honey bees so important?

Grade E - 1 Point

NAME 5 THINGS PLANTS NEED, AND ONE THING

THEY PRODUCE

Grade D – 2 Points

NAME 5 THINGS PLANTS NEED, AND ONE THING

THEY PRODUCE


IN WHICH PARTS CAN A PLANT

STORE ITS WATER?


GIVE ONE USEFULADAPTATION FOR A

HERBIVORE, ANDONE FOR A CARNIVORE


NAME 4 THINGS PLANTS COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR, AND

WHY EACH IS IMPORTANT


WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIG TREES

AND WASPS?


WHICH NON-LIVING ENVIRONMENTAL

FACTOR AFFECTS THE DISTRIBUTION OFPOLAR BEARS?


WHAT IS COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER?


GIVE EXAMPLES OF ADAPTATIONS IN

HERBIVORES AND CARNIVORES

Grade C – 3 Points

EXPLAIN 3 WAYS IN WHICH ARCTIC ANIMALS KEEPWARM IN THE WINTER.


WHY DO PLANTSOFTEN REDUCE THE

SURFACE AREAOF THEIR LEAVES?


EXPLAIN 2 WAYS IN WHICH ANIMALS COMPETE

FOR MATES


EXPLAIN WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SEEDSARE SPREAD AS FAR AS

POSSIBLE FROM THE PARENT PLANT


EXPLAIN HOW THE STAR-NOSED

MOLE IS ADAPTED TO SURVIVE


GIVE 3 DIFFERENT METHODS YOU COULD USE

TO COLLECT ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.


HOW SOON COULD BEESDIE OUT IN BRITAIN? WHY

IS THIS IMPORTANT?


EXPLAIN WHAT DENATURE MEANS. LINK THIS IDEA

TO THERMOPHILES.

Grade B – 4 points

GIVE 3 EXAMPLES OFANIMALS WHOSE FUR

CHANGES THROUGHOUTTHE YEAR, AND ONE

WHICH DOESN’T


EXPLAIN WHY PLANTSLOSE WATER FROM THEIR

LEAVES ALL THE TIME.


GIVE 1 ADVANTAGE AND 1 DISADVANTAGE OF ANADAPTATION DESIGNED

TO ATTRACT MATES


EXPLAIN HOW SHORT ROOTS CAN HELP A PLANTCOMPETE SUCCESSFULLY


EXPLAIN WHERE VENUSFLYTRAPS LIVE, AND

WHY THESE AREDIFFICULT PLACES

TO SURVIVE


GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF ALIVING AND A NON-LIVING

FACTOS THAT CANCHANGE AN

ENVIRONMENT.


NAME 3 THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED THE NUMBERS OF BEES

IN THE UK


EXPLAIN HOW EXTREMOPHILE BACTERIA

ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE DEAD SEA

Grade A - 5 Points

Name 4 adaptations for animal survival in

hot, dry environments

Grade A - 5 Points

GIVE 3 ADAPTATIONSPLANTS HAVE TO

REDUCE WATER LOSSFROM THEIR LEAVES

Grade A - 5 Points

EXPLAIN, GIVING AN EXAMPLE, WHY ANIMALS

THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON ONE TYPE OF FOOD CANEASILT BECOME EXTINCT

Grade A - 5 Points

EXPLAIN HOW PLANTS CAN OVERCOME THE

PROBLEMS OF GROWINGIN THE SHADE OF ANOTHER PLANT

Grade A - 5 Points

EXPLAIN HOW VENUS FLYTRAPS WORK

(5 POINT QUESTION)

Grade A - 5 Points

GIVE 3 EXAMPLES OF NON-LIVING INDICATORS, AND

ONE EXAMPLE OF A LIVING INDICATOR

Grade A - 5 Points

PLOT A BAR GRAPH OFTHE DATA ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 90. ADD A BAR FOR

THE YEAR 2030 IF THE TREND CONTINUES.

Grade A - 5 Points

EXPLAIN WHAT DENATURE MEANS. LINK THIS IDEA

TO THERMOPHILES AND ENZYMES.

Grade A* - 6 Points

EXPLAIN THE LINK BETWEEN SURFACE AREA: VOLUME RATIO AND THE SIZE OF

ARCTIC MAMMALS

Grade A* - 6 Points

MAKE A LINK BETWEENSTOMATA, RESPIRATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND

EVAPORATION

Grade A* - 6 Points

LINK ADAPTATIONS OF PANDAS, CORAL SNAKES,MIMIC SNAKES, GANNETS,

AND PEACOCKS

Grade A* - 6 Points

EXPLAIN 3 WAYS IN WHICHPLANTS GET THEIR SEEDS TO TRAVEL

AS FAR AS POSSIBLEFROM THE PARENT PLANT

Grade A* - 6 Points

LINK THE UNIQUE ADAPTATIONS OF THE

FIG TREE, THE STAR-NOSED MOLE, AND THE VENUS

FLYTRAP.

Grade A* - 6 Points

EXPLAIN WHY LICHENSARE SO IMPORTANT AS

LIVING INDICATORS (5 POINT QUESTION!)

Grade A* - 6 Points

GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHANGING FORTUNES

OF THE DARFTORD WARBLER IN THE UK AND

SPAIN (5 POINT QUESTION)

Grade A* - 6 Points


TEAME

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(2 PTS)

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ADAPTATION AND SURVIVALEXAMPLE LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Define adaptation, competition, seed distribution, living indiators (E)

• Explain 3 ways in which plant adaptations help them reduce water loss in hot/dry conditions (C)

• Describe the importance of surface area to volume ratio in determining the size of arctic mammals (A)

KEY WORDS

Adaptation Competition Stomata

Living indicator Ovipostor Extremophile

Education

Using Group Work to Develop Knowledge: Quick on the Draw!