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Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7C: Environment and feeding relationships

QCA
About this unit

In this unit pupils learn:

  • how habitats vary
  • how plants and animals are adapted to live in a particular habitat
  • how plants and animals interact with their environment and with each other, including feeding relationships
  • about adaptations for feeding
  • how to link food chains to make webs

In scientific enquiry pupils:

  • consider the importance of sample size
  • make measurements of environmental changes and interpret these
  • survey the variety of living things within a habitat
  • investigate the activity of a small invertebrate, taking into account variables they cannot control

This unit is expected to take approximately 8 hours.


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