What’s happening to biodiversity? (primary)
Watch this video clip to find out about the decline in animal and plant species, all over the world.
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Animals, including humans, Living things and their habitats, Relationships in an ecosystem, Human and physical geography
Presenter Michaela Strachan encourages young people to put what they’ve learnt into practice, to become inspired and come up with a design for a new home for nature in their own community. This clip provides natural and technological ideas and suggests how designs might be created. (Clip length 2:28 minutes)
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What’s biodiversity and why does it matter? (primary)
Watch this video clip to find out what biodiversity means and discover why it’s important to our survival on Earth.
What can we do to improve biodiversity? (primary)
Watch this video clip to find out what we can all do, to help improve biodiversity.
Biodiversity challenge: My design sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet to record their designs and explain how they have come up with their idea for a home for nature.
Biodiversity in my community sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet as they research biodiversity in their local community and come up with ideas for their own home for nature
About biodiversity activity sheet (primary)
After watching the videos, use this sheet to record why biodiversity matters, what's happening to it and what we can do to improve it.
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