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Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8D: Ecological relationships
Section 7: How do plants, animals and environmental conditions interact in a habitat? b) What lives there? (2)

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Objectives
Children should learn:
  • that different habitats support different living things
  • to describe and evaluate how the work was undertaken and what led to the conclusions

Activities

Outcomes
Children:
  • If possible, ask different groups of pupils to make and collect data about the communities in two different habitats within the same locality, and share findings as a report in the classroom.
  • Ask pupils to produce a report of their findings, describing what they did, comparing the communities and saying what led to their conclusions.
  • describe how the communities in two habitats differ
  • describe, eg in an OHT/Powerpoint presentation, how they carried out their work and explain how they came to their conclusions

Points to note
  • Information on a second habitat could be provided from secondary sources and studied in the classroom.
  • As a classroom-based alternative, ask pupils to search sources of secondary data about the animals and plants found in two different habitats, eg pond and stream; two soil communities; different stages of sand dune; woodland shrub layer and leaf litter; rocky and sandy shores.

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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