How to be a citizen scientist

Teacher notes

This lesson is adaptable and suitable for KS2 or 3, and could also be adapted for KS4. It builds on the introductory lesson for this storyworld, entitled 'Forest guardian'. Feel free to remove the option to watch the film again if students have recently watched it, although we believe that there are many benefits to a second viewing to pick up and notice new things! You might like to split the lesson into two parts, so that students can benefit from more time with each article. **Lyfta core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Culture and Identity, Natural Environment, Professions and Entrepreneurship. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Active Citizenship & Political Awareness, Active Listening, Collaboration & Teamwork, Communication, Creativity & Innovation, Decision Making, Digital Literacy, Environment & Sustainability, Information Retrieval, Lifelong Learning, Organisation & Planning, Practical Life Skills, Responsibility & Accountability, Research, Self-Motivation, Taking Initiative, Understanding Data. **SDGs:** 5, 11, 15, 17. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 Science - recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things - explore examples of human impact (both positive and negative) on environments, e.g. sanctuaries for protection; and the negative effects of population and development, poaching and deforestation - take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate (citizen science activities). KS3 Science: Biology - the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops - how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment. KS2 Geography - locate the world’s countries, using maps, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities - understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography (Asia) - describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains and forests - develop digital fieldwork using digital resources to locate countries and describe features studied. KS3 Geography - extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of the world’s countries using maps of the world to focus on Asia, focusing on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics - understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of human and physical geography of a region within Asia - human geography relating to: population and urbanisation; international development; and the use of natural resources - understand how human and physical processes interact to influence, and change landscapes, environments and the climate - further develop digital fieldwork to locate countries and describe features studied.