Unit 3: Biology and our environment Assignment Brief 4 Longhill High School Course Title: BTEC Applied Science

Level 2 Certificate Assignment Title: Biodiversity Learner Name Start Date: Unit 3: Biology and our environment Scenario You are a landscape architect who has been asked by Brighton and Hove council to produce a report on the biodiversity on a school football pitch and the impact of the new waste treatment works at Peacehaven. Ref: Tutor name: Deadline:

Assessment Evidence: Unit Grading Criteria U3 The grading criteria that this assignment relates to: carry out an investigation into the impact of human activity on an environment describe how to measure the effect of human activity on an M3 environment explain how the environmental effect of human activity might D2 be minimised in the future Summary Assessors Feedback P4

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Task sheet for Unit 3: Biology and our environment Assignment 4

Task Find a heat map to help you label the areas of a football pitch that get the most wear http://www.castrolfootball.com/confedcup/matchcen tre/heatmaps/?selectmatch=13 Use quadrats to carry out a survey of the plants growing in different areas of a football pitch. Are there differences in the weeds you find in different areas of the field. Write up your method Write an evaluation of your method that explains how you could collect more reliable data Research the how the environment can be damaged by the release of untreated sewage into the sea Explain how sewage can be treated Research into the poohaven sewage treatment plant and explain why some people objected to it.

To achieve Pass

Teacher Date of completion initials

Merit

Distinction

Pass
Task 1) Draw a football pitch on a piece of A3 paper Mark on the areas of the football pitch that have the most wear Task 2) Label these areas on the football pitch Corner, Goal Mouth, Penalty Spot, Halway line (wing), Halfway line (centre spot), Edge of 6 yard box Task 3) Look a the diagram below showing how much WEAR the football pitch gets. Task 4) Look at the diagram below showing how much WEAR the football pitch gets. Put the areas in order of increasing wear. Label this your diagram 1-6 Corner Least Wear Goal Mouth 1. Penalty Spot 2. Halway line (wing) 3.. Halfway line (centre 4.. spot) 5.. Edge of 6 yard box 6.

Most Wear

Students went onto the school field and placed a quadrat on each of these areas Corner Goal Mouth Penalty Spot Halway line (wing) Halfway line (centre spot) Edge of 6 yard box

This is the method they used Step 1 Close your eyes and place the quadrat on the ground Step 2 Count how many squares are more than half covered by grass Step 3 - count how many of each type of plant are in the quadrat Look at the pictures of the quadrat on the next page. Copy the table and complete it

Corner

Goal Mouth

Penalty Spot

Halfway line (wing)

Halfway line (centre spot)

Edge of 6 yard box

Grass

Daisy

Dandelion

Buttercup

Plantain

Task 5) Copy and complete this table

Area Amount of wear (1-6) Grass Daisy Dandelion Buttercup Plantain

Corner Goal Mouth Penalty Spot Halway line (wing) Halfway line (centre spot) Edge of 6 yard box

25

Task 6) Write a conclusion to your experiment, you should try to use some of these phrases The affect of people on the football pitch is The plants that are most affected by people running on them are. The plants that grow well in areas of high wear are.

Merit Task 6) Write a detailed set of instructions for a year 7 class who will carry out this experiment Task 7) Explain how you could collect more reliable evidence (What would you do to collect MORE data, why would this make your conclusions more reliable) Distinction Task 8) Read this and explain the affect of wastewater (sewage) on the environment http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wuww.html Task 9) Read this and draw a detailed flow chart or diagram to explain how waste water is treated http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wwvisit.html Task 10) Read this and explain why some people object to wastewater being treated at Peacehaven http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3585861.Poohaven_is_wrong _decision__says_senior_councillor/