Target groups

These resources are designed for KS3, GCSE and A level. They can also be easily adapted for use in primary schools. 

Learning objectives

• Understand how nature can benefit humans 
• Understand reasons for species decline and extinction
• Understand the impact of species on ecosystems
• Understand how environmental change can impact species
• Describe how human needs can be balanced with nature conservation
• Describe how conservation can protect biodiversity
• Explain why it is important to save species from extinction

Curriculum links

Biology 

• Evolution, variation, genetics, selective breeding, and natural selection (A level and GCSE)
• Populations (A level)
• Ecosystems, ecology, and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems (A level and GCSE)
• Speciation (A level)
• Sustainability, balancing human needs with conservation, and benefits of nature (A level and GCSE)
• Biodiversity (GCSE)
• Extinction (GCSE)
• Impact of environmental change (GCSE)
• Food security (GCSE)

Geography 

• Ecosystems, balance between components, ecosystems under stress (A level, GCSE)
• Biodiversity, and biodiversity loss (A level)
• Sustainability (A level)
• Ecological development and change (A level)
• Changing places (A level)
• Population and the environment (A level)
• Food security (A level, GCSE)