1. Equipment
Post-it notes

2. Competition Explain what plants and animals compete for.
What is competition? Write a definition on your post-it and stick it on the board.
Try and write as detailed definition as possible!

3. What do we mean by competition?
What is competition? Write a definition on your post-it and stick it on the board.
Try and write as detailed definition as possible!

4. Why do animals and plants compete?
Competition: Animals and plants have to compete for limited resources. The best adapted animals or plants will win and survive.

5. What might animals compete for?
Mind map

6. What Do Animals Compete For?
Food + Water
Fussy Eaters
Same prey
Protection

7. What Do Animals Compete For?
Fight
Mates
Courtship Displays

8. What Do Animals Compete For?
Territory and Shelter
Building a nest
Marking their territory

9. Competition in animals: video clips
How do birds of paradise compete for mates?
Clip 2:
What does the octopus do to ensure it’s survival?
Students watch the two clips and answer the questions in full sentences about each animal?

10. What might plants compete for?
Mind map
Light
Water
Space
Nutrients

11. Competition in plants: video clips
Name of plant
What it is competing for
How it competes successfully
Clip 1:
Clip 2:
Students copy and complete the table during the video.

12. Farmer Susan grows and sells crops on her farm
Farmer Susan grows and sells crops on her farm. Write a summary in no more than 2 paragraphs: Why is knowing about competition in plants important for her?
If crops need to compete with weeds they wont grow as well
If crops need to compete with each other they wont grow as well
If there aren’t the right nutrients in the soil the yield will be smaller
Planting under trees means they wont grow as well.
All of these affect the amount of money she can make!