Venue: Enchanting Acres
Program Type: Full-Day Interdisciplinary Field Inquiry
Age Group: 12–13 years
Duration: One Full Academic Day
Focus: Ecosystems, energy flow, sustainability trade-offs, quantitative estimation and ethical resource management
This full-day field inquiry positions Enchanting Acres as a managed ecological system where students conduct a structured sustainability audit.
Learners analyse how human control of natural systems increases productivity while potentially disrupting ecological balance. Through quantitative estimation, systems mapping and ethical evaluation, students investigate resource efficiency, biodiversity stability and long-term environmental resilience.
The inquiry progression follows:
System Mapping → Quantitative Investigation → Impact Analysis → Ethical Evaluation → Design Improvement
Students move from structured observation to evidence-based critique and finally to justified intervention design.
Cambridge Lower Secondary Science (Stage 7):
• Describe energy transfer in food chains and webs
• Explain how ecosystems maintain balance
• Analyse human impact on the environment
• Collect, record and interpret quantitative and qualitative data
• Identify variables and evaluate reliability of evidence
Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives (Stage 7):
• Analyse sustainability issues at local and global levels
• Evaluate trade-offs in resource use
• Consider ethical implications of economic decisions
Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics (Stage 7 – where applied):
• Estimate quantities and calculate ratios
• Interpret numerical data within real contexts
Students will:
• Analyse energy flow and trophic relationships in a managed ecosystem
• Estimate resource inputs and waste outputs
• Evaluate sustainability trade-offs between productivity and conservation
• Examine ethical and economic dimensions of resource management
• Construct evidence-based system improvement proposals
Students will:
• Construct a labelled systems diagram including inputs, outputs and feedback loops
• Estimate resource consumption ratios using field data
• Identify at least three ecological vulnerabilities
• Analyse one ethical dilemma using quantitative and observational evidence
• Propose a justified sustainability intervention
AO1: Research and Enquiry – Gather and organise quantitative and qualitative evidence
AO2: Analysis – Explain interactions within ecological systems
AO3: Evaluation – Assess sustainability trade-offs and ethical implications
AO4: Communication – Present structured analytical responses
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