Our Living Environment

Open University Breakthrough Maths, Science, Technology

• Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits
• Exploring Patterns
• Our Living Environment
• The Material World
• Thinking about measurement
  

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About. Chapter 1: What is this module about?
Chapter 2: The environment and ecology
Chapter 3: Looking at ponds and woodlands
Chapter 4: Energy flow
Chapter 5: Thinking in terms of cycles
Chapter 6: Thinking about animal populations
Chapter 7: What of the future?
References
Acknowledgements

Pedagogical content. This study module, an online booklet, deals with the particular ways of thinking about and studying of the environment. It is a useful homework^(ta) resource to encourage pupils to engage with key scientific vocabulary^(ta) and use their knowledge of the scientific method^(ta) to engage with inquiry^(ta) learning.

Resource details
Title	Our Living Environment
Topic	[[Topics/Environment|Environment]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Homework|Homework]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Language|Language]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]]
Learning Objectives	Students should understand that: scientific texts have different styles and some can be be difficult to read like all specialist subject, science has its own jargon, and it takes time to learn this new vocabulary, Students should be more able to: set up a study folder to accompany their studies, make notes from audio presentations.
Format / structure	10 PDF
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/NA|NA]],  [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Primary|Primary]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]
Useful information	Part of the Breakthrough to Mathematics, Science and Technology Series.
Files and resources to view and download	http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=426185&section=1.2.4