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Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7C: Environment and feeding relationships

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Resources

Resources include:

  • sensor and software for temperature, oxygen, light, pH measurement
  • secondary sources, eg photographs, video clips, preserved and live specimens, showing predators and prey
  • pictures showing the range of organisms found in a variety of habitats
  • secondary sources providing information about how animals deal with seasonal changes in their environment
  • secondary sources showing how some plants, eg holly, nettles, bracken, have defence mechanisms
  • simulation software illustrating changes in populations
  • secondary sources, eg CD-ROMs, videos, illustrating diets of animals

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. How does the environment influence the animals and plants living in a habitat?
2. a. How do environments vary?
3. b. How do environments vary?
4. c. How do environments vary?
5. Checking progress
6. a. What is a feeding relationship?
7. b. What is a feeding relationship?
8. a. What do food webs tell us?
9. b. What do food webs tell us?
10. c. What do food webs tell us?
11. Reviewing work