Use the links to jump to specific lessons within the tropical rainforest unit
Each lesson will have a PowerPoint and worksheets to complete. Some lessons will also have information sheets to help complete the work.
By the end of this lesson you will:
Describe what an ecosystem is
Identify different examples of ecosystems
Resources
By the end of this lesson you will:
Know where tropical rainforests are found
Describe an equatorial climate
Draw a climate graph
Resources
Location map (to be completed)
Tropical rainforest graph (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Understand the layered structure of a tropical rainforest
Describe how a tropical rainforest changes from bottom to top
Resources
Layers of the rainforest diagram (to be completed)
Video - rainforest table (to be completed using video)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Explain how vegetation has adapted to survive in a tropical rainforest
Explain how animals adapt to tropical rainforest conditions
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Adaptations of vegetation (information sheet)
Adaptations of animals (information sheet)
Animal adaptations sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Describe one approach to deforestation
Explain the causes of deforestation
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Causes of deforestation (information sheet)
Deforestation sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Appreciate and respect how different the lives are of people native to a tropical rainforest
Describe the life of a tribe in a tropical rainforest
Assess the threats rainforest tribes face
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Video - tribes table (to be completed using video)
Yanomami tribe (information sheet)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Revise the key aspects of the tropical rainforest unit
Resources
Revision mat (to be completed)
Core knowledge match up sheet (to be completed)