Use the links to jump to specific lessons within the hot and cold environments 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 the location of the world's hot deserts
By the end of this lesson you will:
Consider the reasons the climate is hot and dry
Complete and interpret a climate graph
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Hot desert graph (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Describe and explain how animals have adapted to survive in hot desert environments
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Camel diagram (to be completed)
Adaptations of animals (information sheet)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Describe and explain how plants have adapted to survive in hot desert environments
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Adaptations of plants (information sheet)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Describe how indigenous people survive in the Kalahari Desert
Explain the problems the people of the Kalahari Desert face today
Resources
Video - San tribe table (to be completed using video)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Understand the opportunities and challenges of developing in a desert
Explain how and why the Arabian Desert is being developed
Resources
Arabian Desert (information sheet)
Table (to be completed using information sheet)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Describe the characteristics and location of the tundra ecosystem
Construct and interpret a climate graph
Resources
Tundra graph (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Explain why tundra conditions are difficult to survive in
Know why trees don't grow in the tundra
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Tundra landscape (information sheet)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Understand the challenges tribes face in the Tundra
Describe the lives of the Nenet tribe
Explain how the Nenet tribe overcomes challenges
By the end of this lesson you will:
Understand what a glacier is
Describe how and why glaciers form
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Glacier ice statements (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Revise the key aspects of the hot and cold environments unit
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Core knowledge match up sheet (to be completed)
Revision mat (to be completed)