Bell task Bell task Keyword memory wall Make a list of 10 words in the back of your books about Ecosystems Challenge your partner to remember them in 2 mins If you want to make it really hard try to get them to say it in the correct order Keyword memory wall

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It’s rain in a Tropical Rainforest

The Climate of the Tropical rainforest

Lesson outcomes? LO1 - To be able to describe the location of the world’s rainforests level 4 LO2 - To be able to explain how its location impacts on it’s climate level 5 LO3 - To be able to produce and analyse your own climate graph level 5/6 LO4 - Can you decide on one more outcome At the end of the lesson???? Level 6/7

Where are tropical rainforests located? Starter/Reminder- Where are tropical rainforests located? Using your atlas and map shade an label the world’s rainforests LO1 - To be able to describe the location of the world’s rainforests level 4

Map to show the Earth’s main ecosystems In one paragraph explain the DISTRIBUTION of the world’s rainforests LO1 - To be able to describe the location of the world’s rainforests level 4

Q1) Which is the tropical rainforest and why Q1) Which is the tropical rainforest and why? Q2) Explain why the location of the Rainforests give it this climate graph? Q3) Give ways that the climate graph might change if the rainforest was moved away from the equator A C B D LO2 - To be able to explain how its location impacts on it’s climate level 5

LO1 - To be able to describe the location of the world’s rainforests level 4 LO2 - To be able to explain how its location impacts on it’s climate level 5

What is the climate of a rainforest like and why? LO3 - To be able to produce and analyse your own climate graph level 5/6

always plot the temperature points in the middle of the months on the x axis 2. Work out the right scale for each axis (look at your highest temperature and rainfall figures). Draw the graph using bars for rainfall and a line for temperature. LO3 - To be able to produce and analyse your own climate graph level 5/6

What is the climate of a rainforest like and why? Months J F M A S O N D Rainfall 200 150 175 225 250 Temper-ature 29 30 The Equatorial Climate is [hot/warm] and [dry/wet] all year. Rainfall is [heavy/light] and falls during most [mornings/afternoons]. The weather for each day of the year is very [different/ similar]. LO3 - To be able to produce and analyse your own climate graph level 5/6

LO3 - To be able to produce and analyse your own climate graph level 5/6 LO4 - Can you decide on one more outcome At the end of the lesson???? Level 6/7

What is the weather like EVERY day in the rainforest? LO4 - Can you decide on one more outcome At the end of the lesson???? Level 6/7

What is the weather like EVERY day in the rainforest? LO4 - Can you decide on one more outcome At the end of the lesson???? Level 6/7

A Day’s Walk in the Rainforest. Write a diary of a day’s walk through the rainforest. [From 6 a.m. Till 6 p.m.] Mention – temperature, humidity, rain, animals, birds, insects, plants [trees, flowers, fungi etc.] Use DVD info. LO4 - Can you decide on one more outcome At the end of the lesson???? Level 6/7

LO1 – LEVEL 4 LO4 – Level 6/7 LO2 – LEVEL 5 LO3 – LEVEL 5/6 Washing Line – Where would you place yourself? Place your POST IT NOTE with your level on

Lesson outcomes? LO1 - To be able to describe the location of the world’s rainforests level 4 LO2 - To be able to explain how its location impacts on it’s climate level 5 LO3 - To be able to produce and analyse your own climate graph level 5/6 LO4 - Can you decide on one more outcome At the end of the lesson???? Level 6/7

The Climate of the Tropical rainforest