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How climate affects habitats and cultures |
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Visit a greenhouse (e.g. in a botanic garden) and notice the differences/ similarities between the different climates created. |
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How climate affects habitats and cultures |
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Design a home for people or an animal that takes into account the climatic effects of a particular region. |
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How climate affects habitats and cultures |
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Learn appropriate design for the major climatic regions of the world (food, lifestyle, building, disasters). |
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How climate affects habitats and cultures |
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Find out about the causes and effects of climate change. |
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Soil and stone |
Indicator species |
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Observe different plants which grow spontaneously locally, investigate how/whether this relates to the soil there. |
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Soil and stone |
Indicator species |
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Identify common local plants and discuss what they can tell us about the soil conditions (e.g. rushes indicate wet, nettles indicate rich soil). |
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Soil and stone |
Indicator species |
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Experiment with changing the soil conditions to see if that affects the plants which grow there spontaneously (e.g. in a grassy area with small rushes (Juncus species) growing in a straight line this may be due to soil compaction. One could dig a section in the row and leave another area untouched. Return months later to see the changes in what plants are growing spontaneously there). |
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Soil and stone |
Indicator species |
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Create a story, poem or song about the need for plants to have their own niche (i.e. how different types of plants love being in different places). |
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Soil and stone |
Indicator species |
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Learn that an indicator species is one which, if abundant, healthy and spontaneous (not planted), can tell you something about the local conditions, such as a plant which tells you whether the soil is compacted, wet, dry, acidic, or alkaline. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Recognise different cloud forms and talk about what weather they can bring. |
