Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson pupils should:

• Understand the principle and have firsthand experience of a micro-habitat

 

Resources

• Powerpoint: 'exploring a micro-habitat'

You provide:

• Field-recording equipment, eg notebooks, sketch pads, cameras

 

Vocabulary

habitat, micro-habitat

 

Starter activity 

1. Class Activity:

Watch Powerpoint: 'exploring a micro-habitat'.

 

Main activities 

1. Class Activity:

Look for possible micro-habitats around the school grounds.

 

2. Group Activity:

Explore the group's assigned micro-habitat.

Study closely and document features with photos/diagrams/drawings/annotations.

 

3. Group Activity:

Present habitat to the rest of the class, possibly including photos, drawings, oral description.

 

4. Class Activity:

Create class display showing variety of micro-habitats around the school grounds.

 

Plenary activity 

Q: How could we encourage more micro-habitats to develop in our school grounds?

Assessment

Use multiple choice consolidation questions.

 

 

 

Downloadable lesson plan and resources