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Video summary

This short animated film explores environments.

An environment is the surroundings of any living thing, including plants, animals and people.

This film explains how important environments are, and what factors can change the conditions of different environments and how that can affect the things living in them.

The film also explores natural forces, urban areas and how we can take action to help minimise our impact on the environment.

This short film is from the 成人快手 Teach series Explain, Explore, Expand.

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Teacher Notes

Explain

All living things depend on their environment to live. But what factors can cause changes in the environment and how are the living things within it affected?

Let鈥檚 explore environments to find out.

Key Facts

  • All living things depend on the environment to provide them with the essentials of life - light, water, nutrients, air and space to grow and move.
    • Changes that affect these resources such as droughts and floods, rising temperatures or deforestation also affect the living things that rely on them.
  • Changes in these impact all living things.
    • This can happen naturally but also by our actions as human beings.
  • Storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, droughts and wildfires are also rapid changes that can disrupt or even destroy habitats.
    • Seasons also can cause changes in the temperature and the climate every year. However, animals and plants have adapted to these changes. Climate change is now disrupting the predictability and nature of the seasons.
  • Four negative human impacts on the environment include:
    • Deforestation
    • Urbanisation
    • Pollution
    • And the introduction of invasive species
  • Animals can become endangered or even extinct due to the changing environments around them._
  • We have the ability to make positive changes.
    • Rewilding projects and tree planting are some examples.-This video references the Australian Wildfires of 2020. Further information can be found on 成人快手 News

Explore

Where to pause?

  • 00:27 - pause the video. Ask the children to describe the environment outside the room, what kind of environment is it and how may it change over time?
  • 1:32 - pause the video. How could the class help to make more oxygen in the room?
  • 2:16 - pause the video. Ask and discuss what the children think they could do to support the environment?

Activities / Experiments

  • The following animals are classed as endangered. Can you find out why this is in each case?
    • Orangutan
    • Blue Whale
    • Red Panda
    • Sea Turtle
    • Gal谩pagos Penguin

Fun Facts

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Discussion questions:

  1. Think about a specific ecosystem. How do the different species interact and depend on each other and their environment?
  2. How can we reduce human impact on the environment?
  3. Where does our food come from and how does it impact the environment?
  4. How can we save energy & water in our daily lives?
  5. Why is it important to do the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)?
  6. How could you support conservation charities? (raising awareness and campaigning for charities that protect plants and animals)

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Learning Objectives:

  • To recognise that environments are dependent on different factors (natural and human), that it can change and have consequential effects on living things.

National Curriculum objectives:

  • England: To recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
  • Scotland: To observe living things in the environment over time and am becoming aware of how they depend on each other.
  • Northern Ireland: To recognise changes in the local natural environment, including how they can affect living things.
  • Wales: To recognise the environmental factors that affect what grows and lives in those environments, e.g. sunlight, water availability, temperature.
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