ROCKYSHORE YEAR 8

ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES

• Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.
• Recognize that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways.
• Appreciate that water, air, rocks and soil, and life forms make up our planet and recognize that these are also Earth’s resources

lEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to:
• Define tides, tidal zones and what an ecosystem is.
• Describe some rocky shore plants/animals as living creatures and their habitats
• Identify the key adaptations of some organisms.
• Describe and give examples of interdependence of living things and non-living world
• Identify some sustainable practice

KEYWORDS

Shore Sea Ocean Tide Moon pool rocks cliff intertidal zone beach sand mud seaweed kelp shelf shellfish mollusc fish crustacean plankton spawn anemone hermit runoff soil sediment pollution pollution kai moana wheke tapu rahui whanaungatanga kaitiakitanga one wai awa tai whanga roto ecosystem food web