Birds and mammals beat lizards and amphibians to survive climate change

Topics:

Biological Sciences: Interdependence and Ecosystems; The Body

Earth and Space Sciences – The Changing Earth

Physical Sciences – Energy

Additional – Careers

Concepts (South Australia):

Biological Sciences – Interdependence and Ecosystems; Form and Function; Diversity and Evolution 

Earth and Space Sciences – The Earth’s Surface

Physical Sciences – Energy

Years: 6, 8, 9, 10

Word count: 321

This short article highlights why climate change is an issue for different species, and can be used with various topics from the Biological Sciences strand of Science Understanding curriculum for years 6 (ACSSU094 ), 8 (ACSSU150), 9  (ACSSU176) or 10 (ACSSU185) as well as coverage of the Earth and Space curriculum in Year 10 (ACSSU189) and Physical Sciences curriculum in year 8 (ACSSU155).