Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly:
- words and phrases relating to the environment,
eg community, habitat, pyramid of numbers
- words with similar but distinct meanings,
eg predator, carnivore, habitat, environment, ecosystem
- words and phrases relating to the classification of plants,
eg taxonomic group, mosses, ferns, conifers
- words and phrases relating to an investigation of a habitat,
eg environmental conditions, quadrat sampling, transect, population sizes, reliable data
Through the activities pupils could:
- describe and evaluate how the work was undertaken and what led to the conclusions
- group sentences into paragraphs that are clearly focused and well developed
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