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Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8D: Ecological relationships
Section 1: How can animals be classified? (1)

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Objectives
Children should learn:
  • that organisms only survive in a habitat where they have all the essentials for life and reproduction

Activities

Outcomes
Children:
  • Review what pupils recall from previous work on living things in the environment by providing stimulus pictures of different habitats and asking pupils to suggest what types of animal and plant live there. Ask pupils to suggest reasons why the animals and plants differ, focusing on environmental factors. Use the opportunity to encourage pupils to think about how organisms get all the things they need to survive in these habitats.
  • suggest how organisms living in different habitats obtain the essentials for life and reproduction
  • identify organisms likely to be found in a habitat

Points to note
  • The first two activities are intended to find out what pupils know and understand about living things in habitats. Teachers will need to bear this in mind in later work.

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1. How can animals be classified? (1)
2. How can animals be classified? (2)
3. How can green plants be classified?
4. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? a) How can we collect data to answer questions about a habitat? (1)
5. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? a) How can we collect data to answer questions about a habitat? (2)
6. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? b) What lives there? (1)
7. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? b) What lives there? (2)
8. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? c) Why do the communities differ in different habitats? (1)
9. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? c) Why do the communities differ in different habitats (2)
10. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? c) Why do the communities differ in different habitats? (3)
11. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? d) How big are the populations in the habitat? (1)
12. How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? d) How big are the populations in the habitat? (2)
13. How do living things in a community depend on each other? (1)
14. How do living things in a community depend on each other? (2)
15. Reviewing work