primary ks2 · we give people flowers or plants as gifts. but animals and plants aren’t just...

©VotesForSchools2020

Primary KS2Article 29: “Your education should … help you learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and respect

other people."


Should we give half of Earth to

wildlife?


Our learning journey for this week!

Could you give

half away?

Starter:

Caption this!

Why are

we talking

about this?

What’s

happening to

our wildlife?Why is

wildlife

important?

Vote! Ext: Go wild!


Because we can’t visit zoos

right now, many people

have been watching “zoo

cams” online!

Why are we talking about this?

Watch (2 mins)Click the image

to view live

animal cameras

across the world!

People often celebrate when animals in zoos give

birth, like this sun bear. This is because lots of animals

are endangered species.

Endangered:Soon it may not exist because there are not many alive.

If endangered animals cannot

breed and have babies, they

become extinct. This means they don’t exist anymore, like

the Spix’s Macaw – the birds that inspired the film Rio!

https://explore.org/livecams



Could you give

half away?

Starter:

Caption this!

Why are

we talking

about this?

What’s

happening to

our wildlife?Why is

wildlife

important?

Vote! Ext: Go wild!


Wildlife:Animals and plants

that grow and live

without being looked

after by people.

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5ba0d4abe8454

Scientists are worried about the speed at which wildlife

is becoming extinct today. More than 26,0001 species

are threatened with extinction (that’s more than a quarter of all wildlife).

Watch (5 mins)Watch the video to find

out why and how animals

become extinct.

0:00-

2:33

What’s happening to our wildlife?

But how and why do animals become extinct?

Challenge:Can you write

down the two

ways animals

become

extinct?




Extinction has happened to many

different species already.Can you name the extinct animals from

just their skeletons?

Dinosaurs

Dodo

The reason many animals are at

risk now is because humans are

responsible for destroying their

habitats and making them

endangered by…

Habitat:The place where an

animal lives which

provides food,

water and shelter. Mammoth

… chopping

down trees…

…and polluting

land and sea.

What’s happening to our wildlife?


I wonder what the animals

are thinking about this?

Last week, the Comedy

Wildlife Photography Award revealed their finalists. Here

are some pictures from the

award. Caption this (5 mins)

Can you fill in the

speech and thought

bubbles? What do you

think they would say?



Could you give

half away?

Starter:

Caption this!

Why are

we talking

about this?

What’s

happening to

our wildlife?Why is

wildlife

important?

Vote! Ext: Go wild!


Why is wildlife important?

Animals/plants

humans enjoy

Animals/plants

humans need

Think about it (5 mins)Before you look at the

different ways wildlife is

important, make a list of

all the animals and plants

that you can think of that

people enjoy and need.

Then, as we go through the different

ways humans use wildlife, tick them off your list.

In here, put animals

or plants that

people depend on (ones they need in

order to survive).


It’s obvious that some animals

and plants are really important to humans…

Depend on:To need something in

order to live or continue.

We give people flowers or

plants as gifts.

But animals and plants aren’t just important to us

because we like them. We actually depend on them for different reasons…

Some animals are part of

our daily diet, like chickens (used for meat and eggs).

Pets like dogs and cats

make us feel happy.



Bats help spread seeds and eat insects that destroy fruit trees! They make sure we have

plenty of fruit.

2

Ants make tiny air holes in soil which keeps it

healthy and allows it to grow all sorts of crops

and plants…

1

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5ba25408887fc

Watch (3-4 mins)Click the picture learn why!

0:00-

3:21 And bees are very important to us too!3





Like cocoa trees which help make

chocolate, or coffee

plants!

Plants are also wildlife, and they are

used for lots of things, such as…

4

Making

medicines

Growing fruits

and vegetables

Feeding other

animals

Reflect (2 mins)How many of these did you

have on your list? Are there

any other things on there?

Making foods




Could you give

half away?

Starter:

Caption this!

Why are

we talking

about this?

What’s

happening to

our wildlife?Why is

wildlife

important?

Vote! Ext: Go wild!


Could you give half away?

Wildlife survives in rural areas.

These are areas with lots of green

space and not many buildings, so

plants can grow, and animals can live there without being

disturbed or put in danger.

Urban areas are places with

lots of buildings, like towns and cities. These are where

many people live. Animals

and plants are not as

common here.

I would rather… (2-3 mins)With a friend or family

member, answer these

questions:

Do you live in a rural or urban area?

What type of area would you

prefer to live in and why?


This would mean half the Earth is just for

wildlife and the other half would be for cities,

farms, roads, towns and schools.

Green = protected

for wildlife

This map shows where the protected wildlife areas in the UK

are. People can visit these areas, but they must be careful

to look after the wildlife and cannot build houses there.

Across the whole world, about 15% is protected for

wildlife, but some scientists think that this isn’t

enough. They say that at least half (50%) of the world

should be protected to grow plants and stop

animals from becoming extinct.



Rural areas Urban areas

This map shows where the cities and

wild areas in the UK are.

Count them up

(3-5 mins)Look closely at the map of

the UK. How many squares

are rural areas and how

many are urban? Which

has more squares?

Number of rural areas:

Number of urban areas:

Challenge:How many squares would we need to

give to wildlife to make it equal? What

problems might this cause?




Could you give

half away?

Starter:

Caption this!

Why are

we talking

about this?

What’s

happening to

our wildlife?Why is

wildlife

important?

Vote! Ext: Go wild!


Yes No

• If we don’t want animals to

become extinct, then we need

to give them more space.

• It is only fair that we give half of

the world to wildlife. We will still

have the other half to live in.

• At the moment only 15% of earth

is protected for wildlife. This isn’t

enough.

• …

Should we give half of Earth to

wildlife?

• Animals can live in zoos and

farms in urban areas and survive

that way.

• There are too many people in

the world – we won’t all fit in 50%

of the world.

• We should definitely give more

land to wildlife, but half is too

much.

• …



Could you give

half away?

Starter:

Caption this!

Why are

we talking

about this?

What’s

happening to

our wildlife?Why is

wildlife

important?

Vote! Ext: Go wild!


Ext: Go wild!

It doesn’t matter whether you live in a city, a town or a village – you can help

protect wildlife too! Use these ideas to help protect the wildlife around you!

Feed birds Grow plants Pick up litter

Help protect birds by

making your own

feeder. Place seeds,

fruit or bread

somewhere up high

and see how many

birds come to visit!

Insects like bees needs

plants to survive. You

can help by growing

your own plants in

your garden or in pots

on your windowsill!

Animals could eat or

get trapped inside

litter that is left on the

floor. You can help by

making sure your

garden and local

area is kept tidy.

primary ks2 · we give people flowers or plants as gifts. but animals and plants aren’t just...

Documents