KS2 SCIENCE
Curriculum link: Living things and their
habitats
HABITAT ZONES LESSON PLAN
Introduce students to different habitat zones of Galapagos. This section explains how environmental
conditions shape the nature of habitat zones and the ecosystem that form in them as a result.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Resources required: Key Words handout, Habitat Zones presentation, Blank Habitat Zones diagram,
internet connection
FIRE STARTER
Provide students with the ‘key words handout’.
They should match the key word to its
accompanying definition. They should also fill in
their own definition, where one is not provided. This
should reinforce prior learning, as well as
introducing new key words.
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GAINING GROUND
Explain to students that there are a range of habitat
zones in Galapagos. These habitat zones are
differentiated due to environmental factors, which
ultimately lead to differentiated ecosystems as a
result. Students can explore this using the habitat
zones presentation.
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3. MAKING WAVES
Using the ‘blank habitat zones diagram’, test
students’ knowledge of each zone. They should
correctly identify each zone in relation to one another.
They should also refer to environmental factors and
species.
4. FUTURE FOCUS
With reference to the ‘Animals & Plants of Galapagos’
chapter on the Discovering Galapagos website and
the species index, students should explain how some
species are better adapted to live in some habitat
zones than others. Using species photo cards, children
could show where animal and plant species would live
and for what reasons.
A RESOURCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1043470) AND THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH IBG)
To know that Galapagos has a diverse
range of habitat zones.
To understand why different
ecosystems form in different habitat
zones.
STUDENTS’ OUTCOMES
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To give an example of the different
habitat zones found in Galapagos..
To explain how and why habitat
zones are different from one another.
Students should refer to
environmental factors, as well as the
species found in the habitat zone.