How Organisms Shape Habitats

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs

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Give at least three examples of organisms changing their environment (beaver dams, bird nests, plant roots breaking rock)
Explain why organisms change their environment (to meet needs for shelter, food, water)
Construct an argument with evidence showing how a specific organism changes its environment

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Can your child explain how a beaver builds a dam that changes a river into a pond, or how tree roots can crack rocks apart?

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What Living Things Needages 5–7Must understand what organisms need before explaining how they change environments to meet those needs

How Organisms Shape Habitatsthis skill · ages 5–6

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S1U01medium confidenceYear 1 · Science understanding

identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs

AC9SFU01low confidenceFoundation · Science understanding

observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features

AC9S1U02low confidenceYear 1 · Science understanding

describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST1-SCI-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1

STE-SCI-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Early Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U02low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

VC2S2U03low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

VC2S2U01low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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