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Then, still in groups, the pupils are given one of the plant environment pictures and asked to rate the importance of the statements.

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In each picture there are 10 statements; the pupils have to give each statement an 'importance mark' out of five but they only have a total of 35 points to give out.

For example, if a group was looking at the rainforest and decided that the statement 'The plants help to keep the soil stable and prevent erosion' was very important they would assign a score of five to box F on the pupil sheet.

They need not use all their 35 points but must not use more than 35 points.

They record their points in the tables provided for each environment.