Ecosystems
Subject: Geography
Age range: 11-14
Resource type: Unit of work
A 6 lesson unit covering the basics of ecosystems for Y7, including full assessment and revision lesson:
- What are biomes and how does climate influence them?
- What are ecosystems and how are they interlinked?
- What are tropical rainforests? How are they under threat?
- What development opportunities to rainforests provide?
- What is deforestation and why does it happen?
- How will biomes be managed by humans in the future?
- What is desertification and how is it managed?
Case studies and examples used:
- Bedouins in Mauretania
- The Huaorani People of the Amazon Rainforest
- Parakeets in London
- California Wildfires 2025
- The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
- The Sahel region of Africa
This is a comprehensive unit designed to introduce Y7 to the fundementals of ecosystems. Each lesson is designed with a pedgogy of enquiry and scaffolding of knowledge, delivered to disadvantaged students without cultural capital.
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£10.00