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Overview
Overview
This unit focuses on ecology, or the relationships living organisms have with their environment and each other. How biodiversity on Earth is classified is explored, including key features of many different groups of animals and plants. Different mechanisms of asexual and sexual reproduction is studied, with a focus on flowers. Germination is explored as an investigation. The relationships among living things is explored along with how energy flows through food chains and webs. Humans are having large-scale negative impacts on biodiversity - these mechanisms are explored. Lastly, the many facets of conservation (including not only the prevention of loss but repair) are explored.
1 - Organism classification
1 - Organism classification
Lesson notes
This lesson explores how living organisms are classified using shared features and DNA base sequences.
It is recommended you download the lesson and annotate it during lessons and not simply re-write them
L1 - Organism Classification.pdfAssessment Tasks
At the end of the lesson are 8 questions.
Answer all of them by yourself either in your workbook or digitally.
After you have completed the questions, check your answers here
Additional Resources
2 - Asexual and sexual reproduction
2 - Asexual and sexual reproduction
Lesson notes
This lesson explores asexual and sexual reproduction in various types of organism inlcuding bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. There is a strong focus on sexual reproduction in flowering plants
It is recommended you download the lesson and annotate it during lessons and not simply re-write them
L2 - Asexual and Sexual Reproduction.pdfAssessment Tasks
At the end of the lesson are 7 questions.
Answer all of them by yourself either in your workbook or digitally.
After you have completed the questions, check your answers here
Additional Resources
3 - Investigating germination in plants
3 - Investigating germination in plants
Lesson notes
This lesson explores asexual and sexual reproduction in various types of organism inlcuding bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. There is a strong focus on sexual reproduction in flowering plants
It is recommended you download the lesson and annotate it during lessons and not simply re-write them
L3 - Investigating Germination in Plants.pdfAssessment Tasks
At the end of the lesson your task is to design and write your own investigation. This about what variables you will choose and how these will be manipulated and tested
Class Loom Recording
The recording for this lesson can be viewed here
Additional Resources
4 - food chains and food webs
4 - food chains and food webs
Lesson notes
This lesson explores how energy is is stored and transferred in ecosystems and how this can be visualized as food chains and food webs.
It is recommended you download the lesson and annotate it during lessons and not simply re-write them
L4 - Food Chains and Food Webs.pdfAssessment Tasks
At the end of the lesson are 7 questions.
Answer all of them by yourself either in your workbook or digitally.
After you have completed the questions, check your answers here
Class Loom Recording
The recording for this lesson can be viewed here
Additional Resources
5 - Threats to Biodiversity
5 - Threats to Biodiversity
Lesson notes
This lesson explores how humans have negatively altered food webs and chains, leading to a loss of biodiversity via habitat destruction, pollution, climate change, invasive species, overharvesting, and hunting.
It is recommended you download the lesson and annotate it during lessons and not simply re-write them
L5 - Threats to Biodiversity.pdfAssessment Tasks
At the end of the lesson are 11 questions.
Answer all of them by yourself either in your workbook or digitally.
After you have completed the questions, check your answers here
Additional Resources
6 - Conservation of Biodiversity
6 - Conservation of Biodiversity
Lesson notes
This lesson explores how biodiversity loss can be mitigated or prevented through sustainable practices and conservation.
C3 class researched and summarized the various conservation strategies, found here. I encourage you to do a similar exercise to find specific examples to better your understanding of these processes
L6 - Conservation.pdfAdditional Resources
Medley's Notes
Medley's Notes
Unit 3 - Ecology and Conservation.pptxLesson notes for the entire Unit made by Ms Medley
Lesson notes for the entire Unit made by Ms Medley
Quiz
Quiz
Use quizzes and mark schemes to study actively.
Test yourself on various learning outcomes to check understanding. Identify areas of confidence and weakness
Unit 3 Quiz (1-6) ver.a.pdfUnit 3 Quiz (1-6) ver.a MS.pdfUnit 3 Quiz (1-6) ver.b.pdfUnit 3 Quiz (1-6) ver.b MS.pdfPage updated
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