Venue: Enchanting Acres
Program Type: Full-Day Interdisciplinary Field Inquiry
Age Group: 10–11 years
Duration: One Full Academic Day
Focus: Ecosystems, resource management, sustainability, energy flow and human impact
This full-day field inquiry positions Enchanting Acres as a managed ecosystem case study where students investigate how human decisions influence ecological balance, resource efficiency and environmental sustainability.
Learners explore how living systems depend on inputs such as water, soil, sunlight and nutrients, and how human control can create both stability and environmental risk.
The inquiry progression follows:
Observation → System Mapping → Analysis → Evaluation → Responsible Action
Students collect field evidence, identify ecological relationships, evaluate sustainability trade-offs and construct justified improvement proposals.
Cambridge Primary Science (Stage 6):
• Describe how living things depend on each other within ecosystems
• Explain simple food chains and energy transfer
• Identify how human activity affects environments
• Describe methods of environmental protection and conservation
• Gather, record and interpret observational data
Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives (Stage 6):
• Identify local environmental issues
• Consider different viewpoints on resource use
• Suggest realistic actions supported by evidence
Cambridge Primary English (Stage 6):
• Participate in structured discussions
• Justify opinions using reasons and examples
• Write organised analytical responses
Students will:
• Analyse the farm as a human-managed ecosystem
• Identify inputs, outputs and interdependencies
• Examine food chains and energy flow
• Evaluate sustainability strengths and risks
• Collect and interpret structured field observations
• Propose realistic environmental improvements
Students will:
• Construct a labelled ecosystem systems diagram
• Identify at least three ecological relationships
• Explain one example of human impact on the environment
• Analyse one sustainability risk using field evidence
• Propose one justified environmental improvement
• Reflect on responsibility in managing natural systems
AO1: Research and Enquiry – Gather organised field observations and identify relationships
AO2: Analysis – Explain cause and consequence within ecosystems
AO3: Evaluation – Assess sustainability and environmental impact
AO4: Communication – Present structured written and spoken responses
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