Changing Environments

CONCEPTUAL

Science›Ecosystems & Habitats|Ages 8—9|ID: mt_Wyd-l-6H7G

Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers and challenges to living things

Mastery Evidence

Give at least two examples of environmental changes (natural and human-caused)
Describe how a specific change affects the organisms in that environment
Explain why some organisms may not survive if their environment changes too quickly

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] give examples of how changes like pollution, building, or drought can make it harder for animals and plants to survive?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

3-LS4-4Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes only

Standard code — full text not included in this dataset.

Y4.Sci.LTH.3The national curriculum in England

Environmental changes and dangers

recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

Science · Key Stage 2

Prerequisites3

Habitats & Basic Needs
hardAges 6—8
Simple Food Chains
softAges 6—7
Habitat Vocabulary
softAges 6—8

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Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
  Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
  Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
  Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
  Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
  - Common Plants & Trees soft
    Knowing plants helps understand what they need
  - Living Things Vocabulary soft
    Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
  - Naming Common Animals soft
    Knowing animals helps understand what they need
- What Ocean Animals Need soft
  Ocean animal needs parallels curriculum habitats/basic needs concept
  - What Is the Ocean? soft
    Ocean animal needs are contextualised by knowing what the ocean is
- Animal Homes soft
  Animal homes concept is enriched by curriculum habitats topic
  - Animals Everywhere hard
    Animal homes builds on knowing animals live everywhere
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
  Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
  - Common Plants & Trees soft
    Knowing plant names helps distinguish living from non-living
  - Living Things Vocabulary hard
    Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
  - Naming Common Animals soft
    Knowing animal groups helps distinguish living from non-living
- Minibeast Habitats soft
  Exploratory micro-habitats knowledge enriches curriculum habitats topic
  - Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
    Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
    - What is a minibeast? hard
      Must understand what minibeasts are before learning to name specific ones
Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
  Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
  - Naming Common Animals hard
    Must identify animal groups before classifying by diet
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
  Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
  - Where Are the Poles? soft
    Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
  - Habitat Vocabulary hard
    Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
  - What Is a Rainforest? soft
    Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
  - What Living Things Need hard
    Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
    - Common Plants & Trees soft
      Knowing plants helps understand what they need
    - Living Things Vocabulary soft
      Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
    - Naming Common Animals soft
      Knowing animals helps understand what they need
  - What Ocean Animals Need soft
    Ocean animal needs parallels curriculum habitats/basic needs concept
    - What Is the Ocean? soft
      Ocean animal needs are contextualised by knowing what the ocean is
  - Animal Homes soft
    Animal homes concept is enriched by curriculum habitats topic
    - Animals Everywhere hard
      Animal homes builds on knowing animals live everywhere
  - Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
    Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
    - Common Plants & Trees soft
      Knowing plant names helps distinguish living from non-living
    - Living Things Vocabulary hard
      Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
    - Naming Common Animals soft
      Knowing animal groups helps distinguish living from non-living
  - Minibeast Habitats soft
    Exploratory micro-habitats knowledge enriches curriculum habitats topic
    - Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
      Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
      - What is a minibeast? hard
        Must understand what minibeasts are before learning to name specific ones
- Ocean Food Chains soft
  Ocean food chain parallels curriculum simple food chain concept
  - What Ocean Animals Need soft
    Food chains explain how animals meet their need for food
    - What Is the Ocean? soft
      Ocean animal needs are contextualised by knowing what the ocean is
  - Ocean Animal Variety soft
    Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
  Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
  - Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
    Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
    - What is a minibeast? hard
      Must understand what minibeasts are before learning to name specific ones
- Rainforest Animals soft
  Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
  - Rainforest Layers hard
    Animals are taught in context of which layer they inhabit
    - What Is a Rainforest? hard
      Must know what a rainforest is before learning its four layers
Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary

Unlocks6

Deforestation Causes & Scale
softAges 9—11
Endangered & Extinct Species
softAges 9—11
Species Distribution & Change
hardAges 12—13
How animals adapt to environments
softAges 8—11
Natural resources
softAges 9—10
Ocean Ecosystems
softAges 9—11