Wetlands. Produce a PowerPoint presentation or poster to show the main characteristics. Include information on vegetation, animals, insects, weather, local geography, topography etc. Plenary Present findings back to the rest of the class in the form of class presentations either in Poster form or PowerPoint. 1 lesson Key idea 3.3: 3.3b: Importance of UK Starter (1 hour) The UK has its marine ecosystems to The UK Marine National Ecosystem Assessment own variety of the UK as a resource report gives some good background for teachers: distinctive and how human Use Figure 12.4 Examples of the goods, services ecosystems that activities are and benefits from marine habitats provided to it relies on. degrading them. human well-being from page 470 of the report. Suggested Key words: Discuss the importance of our marine learning Marine ecosystems. Ask a few enquiry questions: How objectives: Exploitation do we use them? What importance do they have To understand Goods and services to people and the economy? the importance degradation of the UK’s Main activity marine The Marine Management organisation is a useful website ecosystems and and they have various clips on YouTube. the importance Show some of the or the website and as of getting the students watch ask them to make a list of all the balance right ways in which our marine environment may be between threatened. Consider the importance of marine resource use, ecosystems for bathing waters, recreation, exploitation and energy, transport, fisheries and overfishing, sea degradation. birds, tourism, oil spills, etc. Find and watch a news clip of the Sea Empress oil spill disaster on YouTube. Discuss the impact that this had on the marine ecosystems. Students to produce a factsheet of one aspect of the UK’s marine ecosystem. Characteristics,
Wetlands. Produce a PowerPoint presentation or poster to show the main characteristics. Include information on vegetation, animals, insects, weather, local geography, topography etc. Plenary Present findings back to the rest of the class in the form of class presentations either in Poster form or PowerPoint. 1 lesson (1 hour) Key idea 3.3: The UK has its own variety of distinctive ecosystems that it relies on. Suggested learning objectives: To understand the importance of the UK’s marine ecosystems and the importance of getting the balance right between resource use, exploitation and degradation. 3.3b: Importance of marine ecosystems to the UK as a resource and how human activities are degrading them. Key words: Marine Exploitation Goods and services degradation UK Starter The UK Marine National Ecosystem Assessment report gives some good background for teachers: Use Figure 12.4 Examples of the goods, services and benefits from marine habitats provided to human well-being from page 470 of the report. Discuss the importance of our marine ecosystems. Ask a few enquiry questions: How do we use them? What importance do they have to people and the economy? Main activity The Marine Management organisation is a useful website and they have various clips on YouTube. Show some of the or the website and as students watch ask them to make a list of all the ways in which our marine environment may be threatened. Consider the importance of marine ecosystems for bathing waters, recreation, energy, transport, fisheries and overfishing, sea birds, tourism, oil spills, etc. Find and watch a news clip of the Sea Empress oil spill disaster on YouTube. Discuss the impact that this had on the marine ecosystems. Students to produce a factsheet of one aspect of the UK’s marine ecosystem. Characteristics,
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