Topic 6 Year 7 Geography
| Geography | |||
| Topic | Ecosystems | ||
| No of lessons | 13 | ||
| When is it happening | Term 3 / half term | ||
| What will students learn | Students will be able to explain how the different features of particular ecosystems interact, resulting in different characteristics; including the adaptations of plants and animals. A particular focus on the importance of different types of soil and the impact on plants. | ||
| Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic' | This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Understanding how ecosystem features are interdependent and developing this knowledge to explain the characteristics of five different global biomes; focussing on the structure and key characteristics as well as both plant and animal adaptions due to climate and soil. | |
| This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding | Students have already investigated human activity and its consequences on climates, climate change and ecosystems. | ||
| Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic' | This is the skills that students will meet for the first time in this topic |
Students will read a divided histogram. Students will understand food chains and food webs. |
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| This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop |
Students will use a variety of maps; reconnect to climate graphs. Students will reconnect to latitude and longitude, focusing on the tropics and the Arctic Circle. |
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| Key vocabulary that students should know and understand | Climate zone, prey, predator, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, GIS, canopy, tourist, impact (social / economic / environmental), precipitation, camouflage, nutrients, dense, sparse, continent, rural, globalisation, crops, climate change, ecosystem, component, biome, food chain, food web, abiotic, biotic, vegetation, producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, decomposer, deciduous, beach, deposition, erosion, leaching, latosols, aridisols, permafrost, tundra. | ||
| The Big Question | What are the characteristics of different ecosystems? | ||
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Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic'
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What are the four components of an ecosystem? | ||
| What are the different ecosystems? | |||
| How are ecosystem components interrelated? | |||
| What is the structure and characteristics of a deciduous woodland? | |||
| What do the four components of an ecosystem look like in a deciduous woodland? | |||
| What is the structure and characteristics of sand dunes? | |||
| How are sand dunes managed? | |||
| How do plants and animals survive in hot deserts? | |||
| Why is soil important in hot deserts and rainforests? | |||
| What is permafrost in the Arctic Tundra? | |||
| How do biotic species adapt to the tundra? | |||
| How and why have animals adapted in the Savannah? |
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| How do people survive in the Savannah? |
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