PR-6171IRE Science A STEM Approach - 1st Class

Lesson 6
Earth and the Environment
IN THE SKY AND ON THE LAND
Teacher Notes
Science Inquiry Focus:
How do natural, managed and constructed features change?
Skills Development/Working Scientifically:
• Questioning and predicting
• Observing
• Analysing
• Recording and communicating
Science Learning Outcome:
• Pupils observe and describe how humans have impacted the
natural, managed and constructed features in a landscape.
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics Link:
• Participating in an interactive game.
Background Information
• Natural features are untouched by humans. They can
include rivers, lakes, oceans, waterfalls, streams, mountains,
islands, cliffs, forests and hills.
• Constructed features are created by humans. They include
houses, buildings and transport infrastructure such as
motorways and roads.
• Managed environments are those looked after by humans.
Farms are managed, as are national parks and forests. On
a smaller scale, gardens and local parks are also managed
features.
• It is important to be aware and understand how changes
to the landscape impact the environment. Humans change
the landscape to suit their purposes and needs. This could
include clearing forests for a housing development or
building a tunnel into the side of a mountain. These actions
can have good and bad consequences. The learning
activities in this lesson have strong cross-curricular links with
geography, as pupils have to develop an awareness for the
environment and how to properly care for it.
Assessment Focus:
• Use the table on page 154 as
a formative assessment of the
pupil’s ability to identify and
describe changes to natural
and constructed features
due to human impact and
development.
Resources
• Image of a New York
streetscape ‘before’ and
‘after’ at
• New developments game
from Splash ABC
• Sufficient copies of
page 152 for pupils
• The Lorax video
Viewing sample
152 Science:
A STEM APPROACH
1st
CLASS
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