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v9 Ecosystems

v9 Ecosystems
Unit Plan Overview
Introduction to Ecosystems
1 Introduction to Ecosystems
Roles in the Ecosystem
2 Roles in the Ecosystem
Predators and Prey
3 Predators and Prey
Risks to Ecosystems
4 Risks to Ecosystems
Survival
5 Survival

This unit covers the Biological Sciences strand of the Australian Curriculum for Year 4. In this unit, students will learn about the world’s biomes and the ecosystems that exist within them. They will learn about the different roles that exist in those ecosystem, as well as the risks faced by ecosystems.
Each of the lessons has an accompanying worksheet for students to complete and the unit culminates with a final assessment where students play a huge game acting out the aspects of the ecosystems they have been studying. An activity that they are sure to love.
 

5 x 1 hour lessons
Cross curriculum
13x resources/worksheets
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Australian Curriculum - (QLD/SA/WA/NT/TAS/ACT)

AC9S4U01

Explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships


Overview

The key concepts in this unit include:
 

  • Living things depend on each other and their environment to survive.
  • Ecosystems survive by creating and maintaining balance.
  • Plants are the basis of ecosystems, providing food and shelter for many animals.
  • Living things occupy particular roles in a food chain, for example: producers, consumers and decomposers.
  • Interactions between living things can be either competitive or mutually beneficial.
  • Sudden changes to one aspect of an ecosystem (like the extinction of a species) can have very large effects on other aspects of the ecosystems.
     
Learning Intention
  • We are learning to explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships.