About this resource
- Resource type: Teacher primer
- Theme: Climate Change and biodiversity
Teacher primer: What is Biodiversity?
This resource explains what is meant by the term biodiversity and why it is important. It features links to useful videos that can be used in the classroom.
The resource is one of a series of PowerPoints, which contain general background information on topics related to climate change and biodiversity loss. These are raw resources that have been designed to be edited and added to and used in a variety of ways, in order to best fit the needs of individual key stages, classes and students.
Key Stages: KS3, KS4, KS5
Curriculum links
KS3 National Curriculum
KS3 Biology
- Interactions and interdependencies
- Genetics and evolution
KS3 Chemistry
- Earth and atmosphere
KS3 Physics
- Energy
KS3 Geography
- Physical Geography
- Human Geography
KS3 Citizenship
- The roles played by public institutions and voluntary groups in society, and the ways in which citizens work together to improve their communities, including opportunities to participate in school-based activities
KS4 National Curriculum
KS4 Biology
- Ecosystems
KS4 Chemistry
- Chemical and allied industries
- Earth and atmospheric science
KS4 Physics
- Energy
KS4 Geography
- Place: processes and relationships
- People and environment: processes and interactions
- Human geography: processes and change
KS4 Citizenship
- The different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of his or her community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity
KS5 National Curriculum
(Building upon KS4 knowledge)
KS5 Biology
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystems
KS5 Chemistry
- The relevance of sustainability to all aspects of scientific developments
KS5 Physics
- The principle of conservation of energy
KS5 Geography
- Water and carbon cycles
- Landscape systems
- Global systems and global governance
- Changing place; changing places
KS5 Citizenship
The different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of his or her community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity.
Related videos
What is biodiversity?
How piranha poop helps make your trainers
How fish scales make your make-up shimmer
How flies help make your chocolate ice cream
Related resources
Teacher primer PowerPoints:
- Helping the planet - an illustrated guide
- What is Climate Change?
- What is the Anthropocene?
- What are Invasive Species?
- A UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) scrapbook
Actions for Urban Nature:
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