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WHAT HAVE I LEArnED?

1 What is in the school ecosystem? Choose one answer.

a) The building, the playground, and the school’s furniture and objects.

b) The building, the playground, the school’s furniture and objects, and the people.

c) The building, the playground, the school’s furniture and objects, the people, animals and plants, the sun, the air, and the interactions between all these things.

2 Look at the pictures and suggest two feeding relationships existing among them.

5 Describe three human activities that use these natural resources.

a) Water b) Rocks c) Trees d) Land a) Which things do not belong in this environment? b) How do these things harm living things? c) How can we remove pollution from this environment? a) Air pollution. b) Extinction of living things. c) Too much waste. a) What happens immediately? b) What happens after several months? c) What happens after several years? d) Explain your answers.

6 Look at the picture and answer the questions.

7 Match each type of harm to its causes. Suggest actions to prevent the harm.

3 Guess the rock in the picture. Think about a relief landscape formed by this rock.

1. We occupy space and destroy habitats.

2. We use too many resources and produce waste.

3. Cars cause harmful emissions.

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4 Imagine all plants on Earth disappear. How does this affect ecosystems? Use these questions.

Traffic lights. Apply the following colour code next to each activity in your notebook.

If you knew the answer.

If you needed help.

If you couldn’t answer the question.

Research a real ecosystem and make a wall display about how to protect it.

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In groups, follow these steps. Step 1. Choose an ecosystem like the ones suggested in the pictures.

Step 2. Look for pictures and information about it.

• Which countries have this ecosystem?

• What living things live there? Include animals and other living things.

• Is this ecosystem in danger?

• How can we protect it?

Step 3. Use the pictures and information to make a colourful wall display.

2  Copy and complete the, ‘Before, I thought…’, ‘Now, I think…’, organiser in your notebook.

Before, I thought…

What did I think about ecosystems before?

HoW HAVE I LEArnED?

1 Copy the diagram. Evaluate yourself for each category. Join the jots to make a pentagon. A big pentagon means you are learning a lot!

I think… Reasons

What do I think now? Why did my opinion change?

2 Which things have you found surprising or interesting these last days? Explain. How do these things improve people’s lives?