Stage 3 students using iPads and digital pencils during the AR adaptations incursion to create augmented reality videos about invertebrate adaptations

AR adaptations | Stage 3 Science and technology incursion

Program overview

Students will learn about structural and behavioural adaptations of Australian invertebrates by developing an informative AR video.

Learning intentions

Students exploring natural areas of the school grounds, carefully collecting invertebrates and observing structural and behavioural adaptations
Stage 3 student creating a detailed digital drawing of an invertebrate on an iPad and recording observations in a fieldwork journal

Activities

Adaptations lab

Students will explore the natural areas of your school collecting invertebrates, observing their features and making inferences about their adaptations.

Adaptations content

Using a digital pencil and an iPad, students will create a digital drawing of their chosen invertebrate, including its structural adaptations, while exploring opportunities for bilateral symmetry.

Students collect their observations into a physical journal and use this, and other resources to write a script for an informative video about their invertebrate’s structural and behavioural adaptations.

Students will also use iMovie, AR and animation apps to bring their digital drawings to life.

Adaptations studio

Students will use a variety of cinematography techniques to edit and refine their adaptations video.

All videos and digital drawings will be shared via Google Drive.

The syllabus content of Adaptations is also explored in a 2 hour adaptations incursion and a full day excursion to the Field of Mars Reserve.

Essential information

Cost and details

Cost 2026

DoE $27 per student – GST free

Non-gov $37 per student – GST free, min charge $750 per class

Risk assessment

Risk management plan

Classes

Maximum 2 classes per day.

School preparation

This is a full day program.

Schools to provide one extra large learning space, with a screen or projector, for all participating classes for the duration of the day. The space needs to accommodate all classes.

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Adaptations student learning resource

Welfare

For medical or special needs notify staff prior to program.

Extreme or wet weather

Program may be modified, postponed or cancelled due to predicted extreme temperatures, bush fire danger, heavy rainfall, high winds or dust storms.

Booking policy

Confirm student numbers and classes 7 days in advance.

Cancellation fee

Less than 30 working school days – $600

Less than 7 working school days notice – full cost

Weather or fire danger cancellation – $0

Suggested timetable

Time

Activities

9.00 - 11.00

Session 1

Adaptations lab

Recess
11.30 - 1.00

Session 2

Adaptations content

Lunch
2.00 - 3.00

Session 3

Adaptations studio

Please include your school's bell times in the notes section of your booking form.

Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary

explain, justify, infer, evaluate, design, communicate, revise, augmented reality, AR, structural adaptation, behavioural adaptation, invertebrate, external features, habitat, environment

Syllabus outcomes and content

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus (2024)

Knowledge of our world and beyond inspires sustainable solutions

Outcomes

  • Uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices ST3-SCI-01
  • Interprets data to support explanations and arguments ST3-DAT-01

Content

Living things may change over millions of years, in response to their environments

  • Observe behavioural and structural adaptations of plants and animals, and suggest how these may help them survive in their environments

Creating written texts in Science and Technology

Outcome

  • Creates written texts to communicate understanding of scientific and technological concepts and processes ST3-CWT-01

Content

Creating written explanations of concepts and processes supports understanding of Science and Technology

  • Use compound and complex sentences and labelled diagrams to create a text that explains a process, concept or investigation
  • Use notetaking, journalling, annotations and labelled images to create a multimodal text that documents the design processes involved in developing a solution

This program supports but does not explicitly teach the following content:

  • Use nominalisations to convey scientific and technological concepts and processes succinctly
  • Use compound and complex sentences and labelled diagrams to create a text that explains a process, concept or investigation

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024

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Book now

Book your primary incursion using our online booking form.

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Learning resources

View online lessons that support primary incursion and excursion programs.

Flora and fauna fact sheets tile for native Australian invertebrates, plants and habitats that support learning about adaptations

Flora and fauna fact sheets

View our curriculum-aligned fact sheets on Australian animals, plants, ecosystems and environments for NSW primary and secondary students, ideal for research, projects and classroom learning.