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Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8D: Ecological relationships

QCA

Language for learning

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

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 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