Changing Environments
Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers and challenges to living things
Typical age: 8–9 years
“Can your child give examples of how changes like pollution, building, or drought can make it harder for animals and plants to survive?”
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Needs first
- Habitats & Basic NeedsREQUIRED
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Simple Food Chains
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Habitat Vocabulary
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
Unlocks next
- Deforestation Causes & Scale
Deforestation is a powerful example of environmental change posing dangers to living things (exploratory age 9 -> curriculum age 8). Exploratory depends on curriculum.
- Endangered & Extinct Species
Endangered species concept builds on curriculum idea that environments can change
- Species Distribution & ChangeREQUIRED
KS3 species distribution and climate change extends KS2 understanding that environmental change can threaten living things
- How animals adapt to environments
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding why adaptation matters for survival
- Natural resources
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding how resource use affects environment
- Ocean Ecosystems
Ocean ecosystems concept enriched by curriculum concept that environments change