Year 7

Term: Summer (one)

Topic: Managing ecosystems

Key questions

Lesson

Learning objective

Learning outcome

1

Understand what an ecosystem is

A definition for ecosystem

2

Understand how an ecosystem works

A flow diagram and stated aim for HCP study

3

Undertake fieldwork

Collected data

4

Understand how to write up a geographical enquiry

A write-up to their HCP enquiry

5

Know what and where the world’s main biomes are.

An annotated map of the biomes

6

Know what the climate and vegetation are like in a TRF

A climate graph and an annotated vegetation diagram

7

Understand how the TRF ecosystem works

An extended flow diagram

8

Understand how humans can use the TRF

Playing the TRF game

9

Understand the causes and effects of deforestation

Bullet points and an annotated world map

10

Understand the possible solutions to deforestation

Letter to UN

11

Assessment

Answer to an assessment

12

Review of the unit

Students review their attainment and progress

Assessment