Scheme of work Physical geography: Ecosystems under stress This resource is a scheme of work for our accredited AS and A-level Geography specifications (7036, 7037). This scheme of work is not exhaustive or prescriptive, it is designed to suggest activities and resources that you might find useful in your teaching. 3.1 Physical geography Physical option 3.1.6 Ecosystems under stress Specification content Subject-specific Learning outcomes Suggested learning Resources Week number skills activities (including ref development to differentiation and extension activities) Week 1 Use of key Students to have an overview of Small group discussion/Q&A The concept of biodiversity: Ecosystems and specific and technical the concept of the terms followed by feedback what – sustainability terminology. and does the term biodiversity ‘biodiversity’, ‘ecosystems’ as used by mean? ‘sustainability’ The concept of To identify geographers. Students will become biodiversity. and connections and Students to use textbooks, familiar with terms including: Short clip and lesson is biodiversity ‘Why global trends in interrelationships library or the internet to biological diversity so important?’ biodiversity. Causes, between different identify and global measuring biodiversity - rates and potential aspects of trends in biodiversity. indicator species, species : impacts of declining geography. Causes, rates and potential richness, living planet index (includes links to other , including data and biodiversity. impacts of declining Labelling and trends in biodiversity global maps and some teaching ideas) – biodiversity. Ecosystems and their annotation of trends, mass extinctions, ( from United Nations Environment importance for human diagrams. group discussion/Q&A factors contributing to changing Programme report) populations in the light of followed by feedback what biodiversity. – Identifying, finding continuing population is meant by the term (with to journal articles in the ‘Resources’ and using a variety of Students will be able to evaluate growth and economic ecosystem? section. sources of the importance of ecosystems for development. Human
Scheme of work Physical geography: Ecosystems under stress This resource is a scheme of work for our accredited AS and A-level Geography specifications (7036, 7037). This scheme of work is not exhaustive or prescriptive, it is designed to suggest activities and resources that you might find useful in your teaching. 3.1 Physical geography Physical option 3.1.6 Ecosystems under stress Specification content Week number Subject-specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Week 1 Ecosystems and sustainability The concept of biodiversity. and global trends in biodiversity. Causes, rates and potential impacts of declining biodiversity. Ecosystems and their importance for human populations in the light of continuing population growth and economic development. Human Use of key and technical terminology. To identify connections and interrelationships between different aspects of geography. Labelling and annotation of diagrams. Identifying, finding and using a variety of sources of Students to have an overview of the concept of the terms ‘biodiversity’, ‘ecosystems’ and ‘sustainability’ as used by geographers. Students will become familiar with terms including: biological diversity measuring biodiversity - indicator species, species richness, living planet index trends in biodiversity – global trends, mass extinctions, factors contributing to changing biodiversity. Students will be able to evaluate the importance of ecosystems for Small group discussion/Q&A followed by feedback – what does the term biodiversity mean? Students to use textbooks, library or the internet to identify and global trends in biodiversity. Causes, rates and potential impacts of declining biodiversity. group discussion/Q&A followed by feedback – what is meant by the term ecosystem? The concept of biodiversity: Short clip and lesson ‘Why is biodiversity so important?’ : (includes links to other , including data and maps and some teaching ideas) ( from United Nations Environment Programme report) (with to journal articles in the ‘Resources’ section. specific
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