What do you want to know about biodiversity loss?
This resource is based on the latest evidence available to scientists.
There are 2 versions available:
Basic (10 Q&A) – suitable for primary school students or younger secondary school students.
Extended (20 Q&A) – suitable for older secondary school students. This version includes the same 10 Q&A included in the basic pack although the terminology used in the answers may be slightly different.
Jump to new biodiversity animation, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
Suggestions for use:
- As a card sort activity or as wall posters within science or geography lessons
- To promote debate or discussion
- To review learning as a quiz activity
- In drama, creative writing or even in an assembly
- To support the work of an Eco-Committee
- To support independent research and project work
- To support homework tasks
- To aid revision for examinations (at KS4/5)
- To enhance teacher knowledge
Resources to download
Basic 10 Q&A; What do you want to know about biodiversity loss?
- PDF format
- PowerPoint format
- A4 Poster display of questions
- A3 Poster display of questions
- Hard copy A6 cards will be available to collect from the STEM Learning Resource Centre in York from September 2021
Extended 20 Q&A; What do you want to know about biodiversity loss?
- PDF format
- PowerPoint format
- A4 Poster display of questions
- A3 Poster display of questions
- Hard copy A6 cards will be available to collect from the STEM Learning Resource Centre in York from September 2021
Biodiversity loss animation
A new short animation narrated by Sir David Attenborough, for use in the classroom.
Further reading for teachers and older students:
- Royal Society scientific essays on biodiversity
- Biodiversity FAQ blog
- Final report - the economics of biodiversity: the Dasgupta review
- Global environmental research committee report on biodiversity (PDF)
- Further information on energy, environment and climate
- ICUN red list of threatened species
- Number of species on Earth tagged at 8.7 million
- The description and number of undiscovered mammal species
- Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
- An integrated tool to assess the role of new planting in PM10 capture and the human health benefits: a case study in London
- Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments
- Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
- Intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (PDF)
- Reef Life Survey
- Big Butterfly Count
- Penguin Watch
- Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: a review of its drivers
- Over half of Europe’s endemic trees face extinction
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