Year 7 Assessment Task - Polly Creek BMI Study
Use and organise a classification system for a variety of aquatic benthic-macro-invertebrates
Year 7 - SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING
Biological Sciences - Content description - There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity
Elaborations - considering the reasons for classifying such as identification and communication
- grouping a variety of organisms on the basis of similarities and differences in particular features
- classifying using hierarchical systems such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Content Description - Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs; human activity can affect these interactions
Elaborations - using food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat
- constructing and interpreting food webs to show relationships between organisms in an environment
- classifying organisms of an environment according to their position in a food chain
- recognising the role of microorganisms within food chains and food webs
- investigating the effect of human activity on local habitats, such as deforestation, agriculture or the introduction of new species
- exploring how living things can cause changes to their environment and impact other living things, such as the effect of cane toads
Content Description - People use understanding and skills from across the disciplines of science in their occupations
Elaborations - recognising that water management plays a role in areas such as farming, land management and gardening
Communicating - Content Description - Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies
Elaborations - presenting the outcomes of research using effective forms of representation of data or ideas and scientific language that is appropriate for the target audience
- using digital technologies to access information and to communicate and collaborate with others on and off site
Daradgee Environmental Education Centre
Yr 7 Assessment and Reporting - C2C Science - Polly Creek BMI Study
BMI’s, particularly Mayfly Nymphs, need a healthy habitat in which to survive. A wide variety of native plants contribute to the quality of this habitat by protecting creek banks,
shading water and most importantly becoming BMI food in the form of detritus matter. Study the photo and list the plant groups which are part of this healthy habitat and use
arrows to indicate them on the photo.
Ferns
Palms
Grasses
Vines
Creepers
Shrubs
Weeds
Fungi
Lichen
Moss