Handout: An investigation sheet for the students to complete.
Look at the attached images. These animals and plants all belong in the rainforest. What would happen if one of them became extinct or was taken away?
Answer questions and take part in activities during the presentation.
Expert Film: This is Kyle McHale, who works as an Education Officer at RHS. Kyle talks about environmental change.
Career Film: Kyle McHale works as an Education Officer at the RHS.
Ask the pupils to work in groups and discuss variation in water availability, temperature and atmospheric gases due to a selected environmental change (the seasons, geographic position, or human interaction). Create a presentation to share your findings.
Consider how they could affect the distribution of organisms in an ecosystem.
Produce a presentation to the class in a suitable format. It should include references to some named organisms.
With their talk partners, the children are to go through the quiz at the end of the presentation and answer the questions.