Nature pathway · Science
Nature, plants & wildlife
How plants power the living world, how to watch wildlife like a scientist, and how habitats are protected. Every step counts towards science objectives.
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One nature lesson is added to My Day each day, in this order, until the plan is finished.
Step 1 · Plants
Plants: the quiet engines
How a leaf eats sunlight, water's climb up a tree, and the pollination deal.
- 1How a leaf eats sunlightUnderstand the reactants in, and products of, photosynthesis, and a word summary for photosynthesisUp next4 checks30 min
- 2Water's climb: roots, xylem and stomataUnderstand the role of leaf stomata in gas exchange in plants and the dependence of almost all life on Earth on the ability of photosynthetic organisms to use sunlight4 checks30 min
- 3Flowers, bees and the pollination dealUnderstand the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops4 checks30 min
Step 2 · Wildlife
Wildlife watching like a scientist
Tracks and signs, woodland food webs, and the night shift of owls, bats and moths.
- 4Reading the wild: tracks, signs and fieldcraftUnderstand differences between species and the variation between individuals of the same species4 checks30 min
- 5Food webs in a British woodlandUnderstand the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops4 checks35 min
- 6Night shift: owls, bats and mothsUnderstand differences between species and the variation between individuals of the same species4 checks30 min
Step 3 · Habitats
Habitats under pressure
When habitats change, poisons up the food chain, and conservation that works.
- 7When habitats changeUnderstand how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment, including the accumulation of toxic materials4 checks30 min
- 8Poisons up the food chainUnderstand how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment, including the accumulation of toxic materials4 checks30 min
- 9Back from the brink: conservation that worksUnderstand changes in the environment that may leave individuals within a species, and some entire species, less well adapted to compete successfully and reproduce, which in turn may lead to extinction4 checks35 min