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Question / Activity
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Stepping Stones |
Pitstop Check
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Rapid growth in the human population and an increase in the standard of living mean that increasingly more resources are used and more waste is produced. Unless waste and chemical materials are properly handled, more pollution will be caused. |
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How can an increase in human population affect pollution? |
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Pollution can occur:
? in water, from sewage, fertiliser or toxic chemicals
? in air, from smoke and acidic gases
? on land, from landfill and from toxic chemicals. |
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Where can pollution occur and what does it occur from? Computer room needed!
Put the class into groups and assign each group one topic to research (human population explosion; land pollution; water pollution; or air pollution).
Each group studies their one topic and creates a ppt to describe their topic and explain its effect on biodiversity to the rest of the class. Students should use the ppt template on the shared area for guidance.
Students copy the pollution table on to a whole page in their books.
Each group presents their ppt to the class and students fill in the mind map for that topic. |
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Pollution kills plants and animals which can reduce biodiversity |
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How can pollution affect biodiversity? Optional practical: How does fertiliser affect duckweed? Can observe the results after two lessons. |
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(WS) Evaluate the environmental implications of deforestation
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What are the environmental implications of deforestation? |
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Students should be able to describe some of the biological consequences of global warming |
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What are the biological consequences of global warming? |
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Levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere are increasing, and contribute to ?global warming?. |
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Why is global warming increasing? |
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(WS) Understand that the scientific consensus about global warming and climate change is based on systematic reviews of thousands of peer reviewed publications. |
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What does the scientific consensus say about global warming and climate change? |
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(WS) Explain why evidence is uncertain or incomplete in a complex context |
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