Learning Outcomes:

● explain the importance of conserving the environment

● explain the importance of various physical factors like air, water, temperature, light, minerals and acidity/alkalinity, to the life of the organisms

● recognise how adaptive traits (structural or behavioural) and changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of organisms

● show an understanding of an ecosystem as the interactions between a community and its physical environment

● show an understanding of the interrelationship among the various organisms in a community (examples of interrelationships are predator-prey relationship, mutualism and parasitism)

● show an understanding that energy flows through food chains and food webs and how processes such as photosynthesis and respiration are involved.

● *describe how nutrients trapped in living organisms are recycled within the environment, through the actions of decomposers (optional for NA)

● *investigate an environment using measuring instruments such as data-logger probes to collect data on physical quantities such as pH, temperature and light intensity

● evaluate the impact of human activities and technologies on the environment (e.g., motor vehicles and modern lifestyle)

● *show an awareness of how some cultures practise sustainable living through their interactions with the environment