Adaptation: Life in deserts

Teacher notes

This lesson is adaptable for KS3 and KS4 by selecting the relevant objectives applicable to your class below. A primary version is available. Meet Ambassador Kwon, planting one billion trees in the deserts of northwest China to mitigate the destructive effects of desertification. Explore the diversity of life in deserts and explain interdependence in this context. **Lyfta core themes:** Natural Environment, Professions and Entrepreneurship.** **Lyfta core skills and values**: Adaptability & Flexibility, Environment & Sustainability, Resilience & Perseverance, Responsibility & Accountability, Self-Motivation, Taking Initiative, Troubleshooting & Problem-Solving, Work Ethic. **SDGs:** 7,9,11,13,15. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS3 Science - Relationships in an ecosystem; the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem - Earth and atmosphere; the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate. KS4 Science - Biology: living organisms are interdependent, show adaptations to their environment and the importance of biodiversity. Positive and negative human interactions with ecosystems. - Chemistry: potential effects of, and mitigation of, increased levels of carbon dioxide and methane on the Earth’s climate. Common atmospheric pollutants; particulates and their sources. The Earth’s water resources and obtaining potable water.