Handout: An investigation sheet for the students to complete.
Recap biodiversity. Ask the students to recall the different ways humans can affect biodiversity using the images on the slide to help them. Ask them to discuss ways we might reduce the negative impacts of these actions.
Answer questions and take part in activities during the presentation.
Expert Film: This is Leah Mathias-Collins, who works with the RHS as the Group Environment Manager at Vitacress. Leah talks about how to maintain biodiversity.
Career Film: Dr Raghavendra Prasad works as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the RHS.
Research and produce a poster providing a specific example of one of the four methods for maintaining biodiversity and its effects.
Model: Breeding programmes increase the populations of endangered species. An example is the giant panda.
With their talk partners, the children are to go through the quiz at the end of the presentation and answer the questions.