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Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8D: Ecological relationships

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Resources

Resources include:

  • secondary sources to explore animal and plant communities living in different habitats, eg reference books, CD-ROM, access to internet
  • specimens of a variety of plants, eg mosses, liverworts, ferns, conifer branches, pelargonium, grasses in flower
  • secondary data providing information on food webs, population sizes, etc, in a range of environments
  • keys and field guides for use in fieldwork
  • datalogging equipment and software
  • prepared spreadsheet template for recording data from fieldwork
  • apparatus for collecting specimens during fieldwork
  • quadrats and other sampling apparatus
  • video camera and/or digital camera and associated software
  • simulation software for investigating predator-prey interactions

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