1. Week 3 Lesson 1

2. Population

3. Lesson 2 Vancouver Island Rainforest Information

4. Madagascar Rainforest Information

5. Lesson 3 Graphs and Charts

6. Imagine if I asked you to draw a graph of the heights of all the plants and trees in 10m 2 of the Mexican rainforest. You would need to draw a graph with literally 100s of bars. It simply is not practical. Imagine if I asked you to draw a graph of the heights of all the plants and trees in 10m 2 of the Mexican rainforest. You would need to draw a graph with literally 100s of bars. It simply is not practical. Instead, you could group the data into blocks of 10m. Height in m TallyFrequency 0 – 9 llll llll llll llll llll llll llll llll l41 10 – 19lll3 20 – 29llll 5 30 – 39 llll lll 8 40 – 49 llll llll llll l 16 50 – 59 llll llll llll llll l 21 60 – 69 llll llll llll llll llll llll llll 34 70 – 79 llll llll llll l 16 Instead, you could group the data into blocks of 10m. Height in m TallyFrequency 0 – 9 llll llll llll llll llll llll llll llll l41 10 – 19lll3 20 – 29llll 5 30 – 39 llll lll 8 40 – 49 llll llll llll l 16 50 – 59 llll llll llll llll l 21 60 – 69 llll llll llll llll llll llll llll 34 70 – 79 llll llll llll l 16

8. Create a tally chart of this data and then draw a bar chart. REMEMBER – The bars should be the same width and there should be an even space between each bar.

9. This data shows the growth of a tree in the Amazonian rainforest. You need to use this data (there is a copy on your tables) to make your own line graph. This data shows the growth of a tree in the Amazonian rainforest. You need to use this data (there is a copy on your tables) to make your own line graph. What are our success criteria for drawing the line graph? Age of tree in years Height of tree in meters 00 11 22 310 414 520 629 733

12. Now try creating your own line graphs using the data on the different tasks.

13. Number of tree species per km 2 in 10 square km stretch of tropical rainforest in Borneo: Mode is the measurement that is the most frequent. Range is the difference between the highest measurement and the lowest measurement. What is the mode number of trees in a km 2 ? What is the range of the number of trees species found?

14. Heights of trees in meters in a 20m 2 patch of the Borneo rainforest: 3056432461523940 3133292238415248 2739384342584327 Work with your language buddy to find out the mode and range of the trees heights. Heights of trees in meters in a 20m 2 patch of the Borneo rainforest: 3056432461523940 3133292238415248 2739384342584327 Work with your language buddy to find out the mode and range of the trees heights. 1. Put the data in order: 2224272729303133 3838393940414243 4345485252565861 2224272729303133 3838393940414243 4345485252565861

15. To calculate the RANGE, take the smallest value from the largest value: 61 - 22 = To calculate the RANGE, take the smallest value from the largest value: 61 - 22 = To calculate the MODE, find which value occurs the most often. The mode of trees heights is 43 2224272729303133 3838393940414243 4345485252565861 2224272729303133 3838393940414243 4345485252565861

16. Lesson 4 Climate Graphs – a data challenge!

17. What is climate? Climate is not the same as weather. Weather is the day to day, even hour to hour, condition of Earth’s lower atmosphere. This means how the amount of rain, sun or wind changes on a regular basis. However, climate is the long term average of atmospheric conditions at a particular place on the Earth’s surface. Britain has a TEMPERATE climate – it has no extremes. Write your own definition of the word climate

18. What is a climate graph? A climate graph lets us show the precipitation and temperature for a location all on one graph. Look at the two axes on this graph. We are going to create 2 climate graphs today and use them to tell us about the climate of 2 locations.

19. LO: Be able to construct a climate graph. You need to... Turn your graph paper portrait. Along the bottom draw a line the length of 12 squares. Leave space to draw lines either side and to write underneath. Add the names of the 12 months underneath. Label the axis “Months of the year”

20. Next... Add a line down the left hand side numbered 0 to 28. You will need to count up in 2s. Label this axis “Temperature ˚C”

21. Now… On the right side draw a line the same length. Add on precipitation to 350mm. You will need to go up in 25s. Label this axis “Precipitation in mm”

22. Time to start plotting... We plot temperature in RED as a LINE graph. Eg Jan temperature is 24. we put an x in the middle of the month. Using the rainforest data plot all the temperature information. Now join up the plots with a red line.

23. Rainforest temperature in ˚C JFMAMJJASOND 242526252322 2324252625

24. Onto the rain! We plot precipitation in BLUE as a BAR CHART. If it is 300 in Jan it would look like this. Now complete the rest of the information.

25. Rainforest Precipitation in mm JFMAMJJASOND 300250260270350240230200180170180260

26. Now for the Maths! 1.Add up all the months temperatures, then divide your result by 12. This is the average temperature of the rainforest. 2.Are any months the same temperature as the average? 3.What was the range of temperature? (The difference between the highest and lowest temperature) 4.What was the average rainfall (mean/ mode)? 5.What was the range of rainfall? 6.Based on the above information explain what the climate of a Tropical Rainforest is like. REMEMBER to check our definition of climate to do this properly.

27. Interactive climate graph

28. Check out your skills... You need to draw another graph using the same method as before. Complete it using the data for the U.K What do you notice about the two graphs? How is the climate of the U.K. different to the Tropical Rainforests? Compare the data, discuss in your group, then write a conclusion. MonthJFMAMJJASOND Temp5568131517 141175 Precip424340625674635861798361

29. Lesson 5 Speed, Distance and Time

30. Video

31. Your task! First activity… Use stop watches to time each other in the playground across a given distance (e.g. 100metres). Walk, jog, run – travel differently each time. Write up the data into a table. Work out the speed using the correct formula. (Calculators needed) Then… Research the animals (including fish and birds) in the rainforests. What speed do they run at? Calculate their speed/ distances and times from the information given. Remember, if you know the speed, you know the distance per hour! Choose some slow animals too to compare, e.g. sloths! Finally - Write up some conclusions and use your graphs and data to prove how fast animals travel and try to think why they move so slowly/ fast. Question – How long would it take your animals to travel 100 metres? How does that compare to your data for 100 metres?