Biology 1b Environment

C/WHabitats14-Oct-15 Aims:-4 know what a habitat is 5 describe features of habitats 6 explain how organisms are adapted to their habitats

Starter – 5 minutes Write down as many differences between the arctic and a desert as you can think of

Copy notes – 5 mins A habitat is the place where an animal or plant lives Habitats have different environments e.g. temperature, or light intensity The organisms that live in a habitat have features that help them cope with the environment – these are called adaptations

Activity – 20 mins Choose an animal that lives in the desert or the arctic Make a list of the adaptations that help it to live there Now read about the mole on p29 Describe an imaginary animal that lives underground in the arctic Draw your animal

Activity – 20 mins Complete worksheet C1, Q1 only

Plenary – 5 minutes 1.What is a habitat? 2.What does adaptation mean? 3.The sea is a habitat. How would you describe the environment in the sea?

Homework Do a poster on a habitat of your choice

Are You On Target Today? Aims:- 4 know what a habitat is 5 describe features of habitats 6 explain how organisms are adapted to their habitats

C/WAdapting14-Oct-15 Aims:-4 know what adaptation is 5 link adaptations to the environment 6 explain how behaviour is adapted

Starter – 5 minutes List ways in which a fish is adapted to live in the sea Streamlined shape Lightweight Gills instead of lungs Eyes on both sides of the head etc.

Copy notes – 5 mins Organisms can be adapted to: Cope with heat or cold, light or dark, wet or dry conditions Hide from predators or find prey Move, breathe or reproduce more easily in their environment Organisms change their behaviour during the day because the environment changes

Activity – 30 mins Read page Answer the questions a,b,c,d Answer the questions 1-4 in the purple box

Plenary – 15 mins Make a full-page labelled diagram showing a choice chamber experiment to find out if woodlice prefer light or dark conditions Read your answer to Q4 you did earlier. What would you do to make sure your experiment gave the right results?

Homework Describe how your behaviour changes in a day – what environmental and other conditions affect you (sunlight, wind, rain, noise, hunger …)

Are You On Target Today? Aims:- 4 know what adaptation is 5 link adaptations to the environment 6 explain how behaviour is adapted

C/WChoice Chambers14-Oct-15 Aims:-4 set-up a fair test, and record results 5 make a conclusion from your results 6 say how the conclusion is limited

Practical – 30 mins Prepare a choice chamber that has four sections: Wet and light Wet and dark Dry and light Dry and dark Add several woodlice Draw your set-up then record the number of woodlice in each section in a table

Conclusion – 20 mins Look at your results What do they tell you about what woodlice prefer? “Woodlice prefer … conditions. I know this because …” How sure are you that you are right? Are all of the woodlice in one place? Why not? What could you do to improve your test?

Plenary – 10 mins Draw a bar chart showing your results

Are You On Target Today? Aims:- 4 set-up a fair test, and record results 5 make a conclusion from your results 6 say how the conclusion is limited

C/WYearly Changes14-Oct-15 Aims:-4 know how environments change in a year 5 link adaptations to the environment 6 explain how behaviour is adapted

Starter – 5 minutes Which is the odd one out in each row? EagleCatFox WoodliceButterflySlug

Copy notes – 5 mins Organisms change their behaviour during the year because the environment changes It is cold in winter; some animals migrate or hibernate, others grow thicker fur, and some plants grow tubers (such as potatoes)

Activity – 20 mins Read page Answer the questions 1-3 in the purple box

Plenary – 20 mins Start sheet C3

Homework Finish sheet C3

Are You On Target Today? Aims:- 4 know environments change in a year 5 link adaptations to the environment 6 explain how behaviour is adapted

C/WBirds as Predators14-Oct-15 Aims:-4 know how birds are adapted to feed 5 link adaptations to the food type

Starter – OR – 5 minutes A mouse is seen running across a field. It must have seen a predator OR …

Notes – 5 mins Copy: Birds’ beaks are adapted to help eat a certain kind of food Answer p34 question (a)

Practical – 30 mins We are going to time how long it takes to pick up seeds and transfer them to a dish Make a table with the three seed sizes along the top and three ‘beak’ sizes down the side In each square write down the time it takes to transfer a certain number of that seed using that beak If you have time, repeat each measurement to check your results are reliable

Plenary – 10 mins Write a conclusion for your experiment “I found out that …” Explain how your results (numbers) show what you found out “I know this because …”

Are You On Target Today? Aims:- 4 know how birds are adapted to feed 5 link adaptations to the food type

C/WFood Chains14-Oct-1514-Oct-15 Aims:-4 know how to draw a food chain 5 use correct names for parts of the chain 6 draw and describe food webs

Starter – 10 minutes Lettuce Slug Sparrow gets eaten by

Worksheet – 10 minutes Complete worksheet Food Chains in your books

Notes – 5 mins A producer is the first thing in a food chain – it is a green plant A primary consumer is an animal that eats a producer – it is a herbivore – it is prey to … A secondary consumer is an animal that eats primary consumers – it is a carnivore – it is the primary consumer’s predator

Activity – 10 mins primary consumer, predator, secondary consumer, prey, carnivore, producer, green plant and herbivore Copy your drawing without the labels Now add the following words in the right places:-

Plenary – 10 mins Begin sheet C6 Finish Q1-3 for homework Clever cloggs:- Attempt Q4

Are You On Target Today? Aims:- 4 know how to draw a food chain 5 use names for parts of the chain 6 draw and describe food webs

C/WRevision14-Oct-1514-Oct-15 Aim:-revise the topic for the test using three games

Game 1 – Question Quiz Split into teams of 3 (4’s/2’s not allowed) Each person makes a simple question from Cells and from Environment so you have 6 questions altogether When ready, swap with another team – you have 3 minutes to write answers Mark each other – explain where they went wrong Decide which team won and come for a ‘star’ – if you can’t agree, neither team gets a star

Game 2 – Taboo In the same teams, choose a keyword each from Cells or Environment e.g. tissue, or primary consumer Write it on a card with three other ‘taboo’ words Swap one team member to be the ‘observer’ The observer makes sure there is no cheating Describe the word without using the taboo words You have 1 minute for each word Get it right before time is up or you use a taboo word Agree and come for stars

Game 3 – Buddy In a pair, make two cards that go together e.g. “cell wall” and “not found in animal cell” Hand in the cards and collect one at random Now find your buddy IN SILENCE – you can mime to each other or draw in the air though!

Poster Make a revision poster

Homework Revise for test