Plenary Hangman In pairs, choose some key words – from this lesson e.g. biomass, abiotic etc. Play a quick game of hangman to finish. 1 lesson Key idea 3.4: 3.4c: Why rainforests Amazon Tropical Starter (1 hour) Tropical have very high Rain Forest Refer back to Lesson 1. Discuss what the climate rainforests show biodiversity and how is like in the rain forest or draw a climate graph a range of plants (stratified for it. distinguishing layers, buttress features. drip tips) and animals Main activity (strong limbs, modified by showing some clips of the tropical rain Suggested wings and beaks, forest. There are plenty on YouTube or Class camouflage) are Clips. learning objectives: adapted to the Annotate diagram of the structure of the To understand environment. vegetation in the tropical rain forest. Create a why tropical rain table with two columns: Adaptation and Reason forests have a Key and fill in with as many adaptations as you know. high level of Biodiversity Various images of the structure of the tropical biodiversity and Stratified layers rainforest can be found by searching on the how vegetation Buttress roots internet. and animals Drip tips Students to research the biodiversity of the have adapted to Camouflage tropical rain forest using the internet or from the tropical rain adaptation books. forest Students to print some images or draw some environment. images of one animal and one plant. Describe their characteristics and explain how and why they have adapted. Plenary What am I? students to play the yes/no game – in pairs to find identify a plant or animal from the tropical rain forest. Or - Mind movie. You are in a tropical rainforest all alone. What can you see, hear and smell? 3 Examples of Amazon Tropical Key idea 3.5: 3.5a: Starter lessons goods and services Rain Forest
Plenary Hangman – In pairs, choose some key words from this lesson e.g. biomass, abiotic etc. Play a quick game of hangman to finish. 1 lesson (1 hour) Key idea 3.4: Tropical rainforests show a range of distinguishing features. Suggested learning objectives: To understand why tropical rain forests have a high level of biodiversity and how vegetation and animals have adapted to the tropical rain forest environment. 3.4c: Why rainforests have very high biodiversity and how plants (stratified layers, buttress drip tips) and animals (strong limbs, modified wings and beaks, camouflage) are adapted to the environment. Key Biodiversity Stratified layers Buttress roots Drip tips Camouflage adaptation Amazon Tropical Rain Forest Starter Refer back to Lesson 1. Discuss what the climate is like in the rain forest or draw a climate graph for it. Main activity by showing some clips of the tropical rain forest. There are plenty on YouTube or Class Clips. Annotate diagram of the structure of the vegetation in the tropical rain forest. Create a table with two columns: Adaptation and Reason and fill in with as many adaptations as you know. Various images of the structure of the tropical rainforest can be found by searching on the internet. Students to research the biodiversity of the tropical rain forest using the internet or from books. Students to print some images or draw some images of one animal and one plant. Describe their characteristics and explain how and why they have adapted. Plenary What am I? – students to play the yes/no game in pairs to find identify a plant or animal from the tropical rain forest. Or - Mind movie. You are in a tropical rainforest all alone. What can you see, hear and smell? 3 lessons Key idea 3.5: 3.5a: Examples of goods and services Amazon Tropical Rain Forest Starter
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