1. Year Five Science Lessons
Australian Animals
Year Five
Science Lessons

2. Lesson Sequence
Overview:

3. Lesson Three: Endangered Animals Learning objectives:
1. Explain the meaning of endangered animals.
2. Discuss the difference between extinct, critically endangered and vulnerable and list some species that are currently endangered.
3. Identify reasons for endangered species.
4. Create a poster using glogster.com to publish findings.

4. Prior Knowledge Students: Have been on an excursion to the Perth Zoo.
Can describe characteristics of different animals and explain their significance.
Are aware animals fall into six classification groups.
Have explored what habitats and food webs are.
Are aware of the relationship between an animal and the living and non-living elements in its habitat.

5. What are the six animal groups?
REVIEW
What are the six animal groups?
Mammal
Fish
Bird
Reptile
Amphibian
Arthropod

6. What do we mean when we say an animal is ENDANGERED?
DISCUSSION
What do we mean when we say an animal is ENDANGERED?

7. DEFINITIONS
Extinct means that the entire species has died out and can never return.
Critically Endangered is the highest risk category for wild species. Critically Endangered means that a species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.
The Tasmanian Tiger is a mammal that was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s
The Regent Honeyeater is a bird facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild

8. An endangered species is a species which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by a changing environmental or predators.
A vulnerable species is one which has been categorised as likely to become Endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
The Dugong is a large marine mammal whose population is dwindling and at threat of extinction
The Green and Golden Bell Frog is an amphibian that is considered vulnerable.

9. Video: Endangered Species in Australia

10. Class Activity
Use Glogster.com to make a poster about an endangered animal.
Open the wikispace:
There are instructions and helpful links!
You have been assigned a group and animal classification so first look for this!