• Age groups: 7-11s
• Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Environment & society
• Topics: Biodiversity

Curriculum links

England

National curriculum

Science

Sc1 Scientific enquiry

Ideas and evidence in science 

Pupils should be taught: 

• that it is important to collect evidence by making observations and measurements when trying to answer a question. (1)

Sc2 Life processes and living things 

Life processes Pupils should be taught to: 

• relate life processes to animals and plants found in the local environment. (1c)

Variation and classification

Pupils should be taught to: 

• recognise similarities and differences between themselves and others, and to treat others with sensitivity (4a)
• group living things according to observable similarities and differences. (4b)

Living things in their environment

Pupils should be taught to:

• find out about the different kinds of plants and animals in the local environment (5a)
• identify similarities and differences between local environments and ways in which these affect animals and plants that are found there (5b)

Primary framework:

Mathematics

Handling data (Strand7)

QCA units

Science KS2 Unit 4B: Habitats

Science KS2 Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation

ICT KS2 Unit 3C: Introduction to databases

ICT KS2 Unit 4C: Branching databases

Wales

Interdependence of organisms

Pupils should use and develop their skills, knowledge and understanding by investigating how animals and plants are independent yet rely on each other for survival

• through fieldwork, the plants and animals found in two contrasting local environments, e.g. identification, nutrition, life cycles, place in environment
• the environmental factors that affect what grows and lives in those two environments, e.g. sunlight, water availability, temperature

Mathematics

Handling data

Pupils should be given opportunities to:

• Collect, represent, analyse and interpret data
• interpret information given in a wide range of graphs, diagrams and statistics, especially real life data

Scotland

Science

Planet earth – Biodiversity and interdependence (SCN 2-01a, SCN 3-01a)

Mathematics

Handling data – Data and Analysis (MNU 1-20b, MNU 2-20b, MTH 1-21a)

Northern Ireland

The world around us

Strand 1: Interdependence

How living things rely on each other within the natural world

Children are learning:

• about the variety of living things and the conditions necessary for their growth and survival (S&T);
• to understand the interdependency that exists in simple food chains and webs (S&T);
• about the interrelationships between animals and plants in a habitat (S&T);
• to understand some of the ways in which living things rely on common landscape features (G)

Mathematics and Numeracy

Handling data

Collecting, Representing and Interpreting Data

Pupils should be enabled to:

• collect, classify, record and present data drawn from a range of meaningful situations, using graphs, tables, diagrams and ICT software;
• design and use a data collection sheet; interpret the results; enter information in a database or spreadsheet and interrogate and interpret the results.