Great Crested Newts
Suitability:
11-14 year olds, Lesson plan
Overview:
Students will research the lifecycle, characteristics and ecology of great crested newts, and apply this knowledge when choosing a site for the construction of a new newt habitat.
Before completing this activity, it is useful for students to have some prior knowledge of food chains and food webs, adaptation and habitat succession; this activity draws these cross-curricular themes together in a real-life ecology careers context.
Learning objectives:
Students will learn to:
- Describe the lifecycle and adaptations of great crested newts.
- Explain the feeding relationships between great crested newts and other organisms in their ecosystem.
- Understand the activities of ecologists in conserving great crested newt populations in the UK.
Students will use the Essential Skill of problem solving.
Delivery notes:
This activity will take about 75 minutes to complete.
This activity relies on students completing independent research to answer the questions so they will need access to the Internet.
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