AR adaptations incursion

Program

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

Learning intentions

We are learning to explain how structural and behavioural features of invertebrates help them to survive in their environment.
We are learning to compose a text using augmented reality.

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 2025	DoE $25 per student – GST free Non-gov school $35 per student – GST free, min charge $750
Cost 2026	DoE $27 per student – GST free Non-gov $37 per student – GST free, min charge $750 per class
Risk management	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.
View	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

invertebrate, external features, environment, habitat, structural adaptation, behavioural adaptaion, AR, augmented reality, infer, inference

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