🌿 Part 1: Build the idea

WALT: We Are Learning To define biodiversity and identify it on farms and in gardens.

Biodiversity is the variety of living things, the habitats they live in, and the relationships between them.

Word bank: taiao (natural world), nohoanga (habitat), whanaungatanga (relationships), hauora (wellbeing).

a. mānuka tree: ____    b. tūī: ____    c. wetland: ____

d. bees pollinate fruit flowers: ____    e. soil organisms: ____    f. stream: ____

🌱 Plants | tipu

Examples: native trees, crops and pasture grasses.

One plant example: __________________________________________

🐦 Animals | kararehe

Examples: birds, insects, worms and farm animals.

One animal example: _________________________________________

💧 Habitats | nohoanga

Examples: shelter belts, streams, wetlands, gardens and soil.

One habitat example: ________________________________________

🔗 Ecosystem relationships | whanaungatanga

Examples: birds eat insects; roots hold soil; bees pollinate flowers.

One relationship: ____________________________________________

Success criteria: I can define biodiversity and classify examples as plants, animals, habitats or relationships.

🚜 Part 2: Biodiversity on farms and gardens

For each scenario, identify what is present, what depends on it, and how it may support primary production.

What biodiversity is present?

What might depend on it?

How could it support production?

Sentence starter: The shelter belt provides...

What biodiversity is present?

What might depend on it?

How could it support production?

Sentence starter: The stream or wetland helps...

What biodiversity is present?

What might depend on it?

How could it support production?

Sentence starter: The insects or birds may...

Success criteria: I can describe a relationship and explain how biodiversity may support primary production.

✅ Part 3: Exit response

Biodiversity means...

An agricultural or horticultural example is...

Biodiversity matters because...

Reading support: Read the short chunks aloud, use the word bank, draw labelled ideas, or explain your answer to a partner before writing.

Extension: Name a local native species. Describe its habitat, one relationship and one way it may contribute to farm or garden hauora.