Protecting animals in decline (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
I can name some animals in decline in the UK and describe ways to protect them.
Protecting animals in decline (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
I can name some animals in decline in the UK and describe ways to protect them.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Animals are often in decline due to changes in their environment, including habitat loss.
- The numbers of many types of animals living in the UK are in decline.
- Some animals in decline in the UK include, red squirrels, hedgehogs, natterjack toads and greater mouse-eared bats.
- There are ways to protect animals in decline, including providing sources of food and places for them to shelter.
Common misconception
Children often believe that animals in decline are only found in faraway places like rain forests. They might not realise that the UK has its own species in decline, such as the red squirrel.
Through the use of the slides and doing further secondary research about their own local environment, children will become aware that there are animals in the UK that are in decline too.
Keywords
Habitat - The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.
Decline - When something is in decline it gradually becomes less, worse, or lower.
Wildlife - Animals and plants that grow independently of people, usually in natural conditions, are called wildlife.
Protect - To protect something is to keep it safe from harm.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
create holes in garden fences to increase their habitat access
humanely trap and then move grey squirrels
build more shallow ponds and keep them free of pollution
provide bat boxes for them to roost in