Due to the extreme heat forecast for Saturday 22 February, the Bicentennial Conservatory, where In Full Colour: Dale Chihuly is held, will be CLOSED from 2pm to ensure the safety of visitors, staff and volunteers. It will reopen for Chihuly Nights.

If this impacts your planned visit, please email botanic.exhibitions@sa.gov.au for ticketing enquiries.

Mount Lofty Botanic Garden will also be CLOSED on Saturday 22 February, due to the extreme fire danger rating.

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For Schools

Adaptations in Nature

Explore the wonderful ways that plants and animals have adapted to suit their environments with these online resources. Run as a sequence of lessons or choose a topic to focus on out of the following:

Topic One: Adaptations in Nature

Topic Two: Biome Study; Desert

Topic Three: Biome Study; Wetlands

Topic Four: Biome Study; Rainforest

Students will:

Investigate the different ways that plants and animals have adapted to suit their environments
Document their learning through a series of curriculum aligned tasks
Expand their knowledge of adaptations found across different biomes, that can be seen at Adelaide Botanic Garden

Curriculum links:

Year 5 to 6 Science

Digital learning resources can be found HERE

These resources can be combined with an excursion to Adelaide Botanic Garden as an educator-led or self-guided experience and align best with the Plant Adaptations and Rainforest Experience trails.