Organisms To Ecosystems Scheme Of Work
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This document outlines an applied science unit on biological systems and ecosystems. It includes 11 lessons that guide students through key concepts like: 1. Classifying organisms using identification keys and describing characteristics of the five kingdoms. 2. Explaining the need to classify organisms, such as for anti-venom treatment. 3. Surveying a local ecosystem to identify types of organisms and their interdependence. 4. Describing adaptations organisms have to their environments and creating diagrams to demonstrate food chains. The lessons involve hands-on activities like classifying sweets, researching kingdoms, surveying a park, and drawing organism adaptations. The goal is for students to understand biological classification systems and
Organisms To Ecosystems Scheme Of Work
- 1. BTEC First Diploma Applied Science Unit Five: Biological Systems Assignment: Organisms to Ecosystems lesson Learning Outcomes Teaching and Learning Resources Assignments Comments 1 Construct simple Classification of a bag of sweets. Some chocolate, Sweets for Organisms to Students not identification keys and some gummy, some colourful, some with shell, classification Ecosystems Task to eat the describe the main some with nuts. How would they classify these? one sweets! characteristics within the major classification groups Create a key to show the difference between. Images of organisms Extension Major classification groups – the five kingdoms. from the five question – Which animal goes where? kingdoms are people animals too? 2 Construct simple Research the major characteristics of the five access to Organisms to identification keys and kingdoms and create a presentation to give to the laptops Ecosystems Task describe the main rest of the class about the things each of these one characteristics within the major classification groups have in common. 3 Construct simple Visit to Queens Road playing fields to examine the Risk Organisms to Students not identification keys and area and undertake initial ecological survey – trial assessment Ecosystems Task to touch or describe the main of quadrat random sampling and transect and visit forms one eat anything characteristics within the major classification groups sampling. Students to evaluate techniques. Collect on visit other 10 examples of one thing (eg 10 leaves) Quadrats than that they are Create Identification key for these organisms. Digital camera investigating. Under no circumstance to pick mushrooms. 2007-2008 Assessed by Teresa Greer
- 2. 4 Explain the need to Which one would you eat? Show students a Access to Organisms to classify organisms selection of mushrooms – some weird and some computer/lapt Ecosystems Task normal looking – which would they eat? Reveal ops two those that are poisonous hopefully showing a few surprises. Images of So why classify organisms? Consider if bitten by a mushrooms snake and gone to the hospital for anti-venom. Would need to know what snake had bitten in first place. Students to think of as many good reasons for classification as possible and write a popular science article on need to classify. 5 Explain the need to Continue with article from previous session. Access to Organisms to classify organisms Discuss findings as a group. computer/lapt Ecosystems Task ops two 6 Discuss the characteristics Show students a duck billed platypus picture and Access to Organisms to story of the which are used to ask them to identify the key features. How would computers Ecosystems Task duck billed distinguish the major they classify this organism? three platypus that groups Poster making British Has most features in common with mammals so is materials Scientists a mammal. Is the difference or similarities more thought was important when classifying? Access to fake textbooks Students to create a poster on the importance of differences and similarities when classifying organisms. 7 Describe an ecosystem Plan an investigation to find the types of organisms Organisms to Student investigated and indicate you would find in the Queens Road park area. Ecosystems Task safety brief the types of Four interdependence of living things in it. Use google maps to create a map of the area ahead of time. 2007-2008 Assessed by Teresa Greer
- 3. 8 Describe an ecosystem Visit to Queens Road playing fields to examine the Risk Organisms to Student investigated and indicate area and undertake initial ecological survey – trial assessment Ecosystems Task safety brief the types of of quadrat random sampling and transect and visit forms Four interdependence of living things in it. sampling. Students to evaluate techniques. String Quadrats 9 Describe an ecosystem Write up investigation on the organisms found in access to Organisms to investigated and indicate the queens road area. Use the organism laptops Ecosystems Task the types of identification kit to note Four interdependence of living things in it. 10 Describe examples of Students to pick a selection of the organisms they paper and Organisms to adaptations to the found in their investigation and consider how they drawing Ecosystems Task environment shown by are adapted to their environment materials Five organisms within the ecosystem Define Key word: Adaptation Access to textbooks Draw the organisms and label the adaptations that particularly suit them to living in Queens Road park. 11 Describe examples of Continuation of drawing task – students to paper and Organisms to adaptations to the complete all adaptation drawings and relevant drawing Ecosystems Task environment shown by annotations including the key word definition. materials Five organisms within the ecosystem Access to textbooks 13 Construct quantitative and What is a food chain? Students to produce a simple Paper Organisms to qualitative diagrams to food chain from the organisms given to them. Ecosystems Task demonstrate the Which is the producer? (define) which is the writing Six relationships between living organisms living primary consumer? (define) which is the secondary material interdependently within an consumer? (define. ecosystem. Access to 2007-2008 Assessed by Teresa Greer
- 4. Are there any scavengers, predators or prey in the textbooks food chain? Which direction should the arrows go Results from (showing energy transfer)? Where do all food previous chains start? investigation Students then create a simple food chain showing the organisms from Queens Road. Students then expand for food web (define) What does a pyramid of numbers show? What does a pyramid of biomass show? Students do practice pyramids then construct one from Queens road data. 14 Describe the possible Plan investigation at Queens road looking into Organisms to Student effect of human activities mans impact in the environment. Ecosystems Task safety brief on the ecosystem Seven investigated Brain storm how man might affect his local environment Consider the different types of habitat at Queens Road, woodland, field space, wasteland, burned area, football pitch area and scrub around edges. 15 Describe the possible Undertake the investigation from last lessons Risk Organisms to Student effect of human activities plans. Random sampling and transect of three assessment Ecosystems Task safety brief on the ecosystem areas. Students to draw maps and take a selection and visit forms Seven investigated of results to collaborate on in the classroom. String Quadrats Identification keys Digital camera 2007-2008 Assessed by Teresa Greer
- 5. 16 Describe the possible Discussion of yesterdays finding and group pooling Access to Organisms to may need effect of human activities of results laptops Ecosystems Task extra time for on the ecosystem Seven this investigated Were there any surprises in the results? What does this mean for the future? Students to write up investigation report 17 Describe the effect of How do we know how much CO2 was in the air a Images of ice Organisms to these environmental thousand years ago? Students to brainstorm ideas and forest Ecosystems Task changes over time and the how we can get data from this long ago. migration Eight means of measuring them Look at trapped gas in ice and other methods of Global measuring environmental data over time. Show warming images of forest migration and suggest reasons for graphs this. Show students the graphs of global temperature and CO2 levels and ask if they can see Post-its for a pattern and when the levels started to rise. brainstorm What affect do they think the littering, football pitch and burned area will have on Queens Road over time? 18 Describe the effect of Students to research the methods used to examine Access to Organisms to these environmental environmental data over time and use their results laptops Ecosystems Task changes over time and the from the queen road area to create a experimental Eight means of measuring them investigation they could use long term in Tottenham to learn about the effect of mans impact on the environment. This to include a fully discussed hypothesis. 19 Analyse Data relating to Students to examine the graphs of global Access to Organisms to changes in the temperature and CO2 levels and write an impact laptops Ecosystems Task environment and explain report covering the time indicated, including a plan Nine how the environmental impact may be minimised for avoiding future damages. in future 2007-2008 Assessed by Teresa Greer