Science · Stage 6

Protecting Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variety of living things in a place. Learn to survey it, read the warning signs, and choose the everyday actions that protect and grow the living world.

✦ Science📘 Stage 6 · S6⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 10–12★ Free to start

I can apply what I know about protecting biodiversity to everyday life.

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Kavi the Biodiversity Guardian

Kavi crouches beside a buzzing wild meadow with a notebook 📋. "Biodiversity is the variety of living things in a place — the more kinds of plant and animal, the healthier it is," hoots Kavi. "Scientists survey a patch to see what lives there, then protect it and help it grow. And the best part? Everyday choices — a pot of flowers, a wild corner, less spraying — all add up. Come and guard the living world with me!"

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What your child will learn

1Why the variety of life mattersBiodiversity is the number of different kinds of living thing sharing a place. Tap each idea to see why a varied habitat is a healthy one.

2Does this choice grow biodiversity, or lower it?Every choice near a habitat either adds variety of life or takes it away. Tap the right box for each everyday action.

3Two patches, side by sideSame field, two patches. Tap each to hear what a scientist would record about its biodiversity.

4How a scientist cares for a patchProtecting biodiversity follows a loop — survey, record, act, then look again. Tap each step.

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A peek inside

Kavi counts the species in two quadrats: the mown lawn has 3 kinds of plant, the wild corner has 12. Which patch has higher biodiversity, and why?

Biodiversity means the variety of living things. The wild corner has 12 kinds of plant to the lawn's 3, so it holds far more variety. Its taller, mixed plants also give insects food and shelter the bare lawn cannot.

Try this at home: What does 'biodiversity' mean?

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