Current Sustainability Issues Affecting Society
24.02.2020
Learning intention:
Today we will...
- Learn about current issues that are affecting the environment socially, environmentally and globally
- Understand the impact of human connections to the environment and how they need to be changed.
Success Criteria:
To be successful in this lesson, I will…
- Identify the current issues relevant to our environment
- Discuss and implement ideas to change the way humans interact with and treat our environment
- Provide feedback on the learning processes for today.
Learning intention:
Today we will...
- Learn about current issues that are affecting the environment socially, environmentally and globally
- Understand the impact of human connections to the environment and how they need to be changed.
Success Criteria:
To be successful in this lesson, I will…
- Identify the current issues relevant to our environment
- Discuss and implement ideas to change the way humans interact with and treat our environment
- Provide feedback on the learning processes for today.
Biomes can be changed, modified or adapted
Why might humans change environments?
A. For food production in agriculture, for building cities/houses/factories, for tourism
Definitions:
Agriculture - The Cultivation of soil, growing crops and raising livestock
Yield - The amount produced from agriculture of from an industrial product
A. For food production in agriculture, for building cities/houses/factories, for tourism
Definitions:
Agriculture - The Cultivation of soil, growing crops and raising livestock
Yield - The amount produced from agriculture of from an industrial product
Activity: Read the information on the 2.6 worksheet and complete the activities on the second worksheet: The Grassland Biome
Watch: All About Australian Rice
Activity: Complete the worksheet: All about Australian Rice
Exit Slip
Food Chains and webs
Watch: Food Chains and Food Webs
| lesson_10a_food_chains_presentation.pptx |
Soils in Biomes
Soil plays an important role in determining which plants and animals inhabit particular biomes.
Soils not only vary around the world but also within regions. The characteristics of soil can be determined by:
Soil is typically made up of a number of different layers. These are (in no particular order): Subsoil, Organic matter, Parent material, Topsoil, Bedrock
Do the Prediction Activity
Soils not only vary around the world but also within regions. The characteristics of soil can be determined by:
- temperature
- rainfall
- rocks and minerals that make up the bedrock.
Soil is typically made up of a number of different layers. These are (in no particular order): Subsoil, Organic matter, Parent material, Topsoil, Bedrock
Do the Prediction Activity
Definitions
- Bedrock - underlying layer of weathered rock.
- Organic matter - a thin layer of decomposing matter, that has not started to decompose, such as leaf matter
- Subsoil - Plant matter is not present in this layer, as a result the soil is lighter in colour and contains more minerals than the layer above.
- Topsoil - the upper layer of soil nearest the surface. Rich in nutrients to support plant growth and usually dark in colours. Most plant roots are found here
- Parent material - weathered rock that has not broken down enough to be soil. Nutrients from another layer can be found here and it can also have high mineral content depending on underlying bedrock.
With this new information in mind, now make a 2nd prediction...
Predict the order of soil layers in the table below
Overview of the biomes :
Tundra - a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
Tropical rainforest - Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season and may also be referred to as evergreen rainforest
Temperate rainforest - Temperate rainforests occur in the temperate zone. The moist conditions of temperate rainforests generally support an understory of mosses, ferns and some shrubs.
Desert - a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.
Tundra - a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
Tropical rainforest - Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season and may also be referred to as evergreen rainforest
Temperate rainforest - Temperate rainforests occur in the temperate zone. The moist conditions of temperate rainforests generally support an understory of mosses, ferns and some shrubs.
Desert - a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.
Activity: Match the soil characteristics to the Biome
Lesson 5/6 Plan: Food produced from the Amazon Rainforest (HSIE)
| food_in_the_amazon_rainforest.pptx |
Tropical Rainforest Food Web
Food Chains Quiz
Map Showing Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Map and Climate Worksheet
Activity
Students will work in groups with others on their table to brainstorm some of the ways we can encourage people to buy ‘bruised’ fruits, as opposed to always wanting the ‘pretty’ ones, so as not to be so wasteful. They are to write these ideas down on the Brainstorming Crew Worksheet.
Students will work in groups with others on their table to brainstorm some of the ways we can encourage people to buy ‘bruised’ fruits, as opposed to always wanting the ‘pretty’ ones, so as not to be so wasteful. They are to write these ideas down on the Brainstorming Crew Worksheet.
Lesson 4: Biomes and Ecosystem
Key Terms
What is a biome?
A biome is a community of plants and animals that are defined geographically and climatically.
What does sustainability mean?
Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
What is a biome?
A biome is a community of plants and animals that are defined geographically and climatically.
What does sustainability mean?
Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Watch: List Major Biomes
Interactive Map of Terrestrial Biomes
Australia's Biomes
Whittaker Biome Diagram
Deforestation of the Amazon
| lesson_4_biomes_and_case_study.pdf |