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Teacher primer: What is Biodiversity?

This resource explains what is meant by the term biodiversity and why it is important. It features links to useful videos that can be used in the classroom.

The resource is one of a series of PowerPoints, which contain general background information on topics related to climate change and biodiversity loss. These are raw resources that have been designed to be edited and added to and used in a variety of ways, in order to best fit the needs of individual key stages, classes and students.

Key Stages: KS3, KS4, KS5

About this resource

  • Resource type: Teacher primer
  • Theme: Climate Change and biodiversity
Download resource (PPT 4.9MB)

  • Curriculum links

    KS3 National Curriculum 

    KS3 Biology

    • Interactions and interdependencies
    • Genetics and evolution

    KS3 Chemistry

    • Earth and atmosphere

    KS3 Physics

    • Energy

    KS3 Geography

    • Physical Geography
    • Human Geography

    KS3 Citizenship

    • The roles played by public institutions and voluntary groups in society, and the ways in which citizens work together to improve their communities, including opportunities to participate in school-based activities

     

    KS4 National Curriculum

    KS4 Biology

    • Ecosystems

    KS4 Chemistry

    • Chemical and allied industries
    • Earth and atmospheric science

    KS4 Physics

    • Energy

    KS4 Geography

    • Place: processes and relationships
    • People and environment: processes and interactions
    • Human geography: processes and change

    KS4 Citizenship

    • The different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of his or her community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity

     

    KS5 National Curriculum 

    (Building upon KS4 knowledge)

    KS5 Biology

    • Biodiversity
    • Ecosystems 

    KS5 Chemistry

    • The relevance of sustainability to all aspects of scientific developments

    KS5 Physics

    • The principle of conservation of energy

    KS5 Geography

    • Water and carbon cycles
    • Landscape systems
    • Global systems and global governance
    • Changing place; changing places

    KS5 Citizenship

    The different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of his or her community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity.

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