A fish success story

Teacher notes

This lesson might be more easily organised as a class based lesson (first two activities) and separate game in two sessions, as suits the setting. You can easily adapt this lesson by duplicating it, then deleting the sections you don't require on the left, or rearranging the order by drag and dropping them. **What you need for the plastic food chain game:** Some lego bricks, or other small, reused plastic items, such as bottle caps, ice cream tubs or take away containers. **You’ll need:** - Four groups of plankton (tiny plant or animal creatures at the bottom of the food chain). They’re so tiny you can draw them as a group of dots! - A shoal (group) of herring- draw a few fish to represent one tonne of fish. - One seal - One orca (killer whale). **Lyfta core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Culture and Identity, Equality and Human Rights, Learning and Growth, Natural Environment, Health and Wellbeing, Professions and Entrepreneurship, Relationships, Technology and Engineering. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Creativity and Innovation, Critical Thinking, Environment and Sustainability, Healthy Living, Human Rights. **SDGs:** 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 Science to identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat to recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways to recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things to explore examples of human impact (both positive and negative) on environments (overfishing, creation of protected areas) to identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution. KS3 Science: Biology - the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs - how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment, including the accumulation of toxic materials. KS3 Design Technology - to investigate new and emerging technologies - to understand developments in design and technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment. KS2 Citizenship - to learn why and how rules and laws are made and enforced, why different rules are needed in different situations - to understand that there are different kinds of responsibilities, rights and duties at home, at school and in the community, and that these can sometimes conflict with each other - to learn that resources can be allocated in different ways and that these economic choices affect individuals, communities and the sustainability of the environment - to learn that differences and similarities between people arise from a number of factors, including cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity, gender and disability. KS2 PSHE L4. shared responsibilities we all have for living things; how to show care and concern L5. ways of carrying out shared responsibilities for protecting the environment in school and at home; how everyday choices can affect the environment (e.g. food choices) L19. that people’s spending decisions can affect others and the environment (e.g. choosing sustainable fish and seafood) L26. that there is a broad range of different jobs/careers that people can have; that people often have more than one career/type of job during their life L27. about stereotypes in the workplace (particularly gender and disability related), and that a person’s career aspirations should not be limited by them L28. about what might influence people’s decisions about a job or career L30. about some of the skills that will help them in their future careers e.g. teamwork, communication and negotiation.