1. What are consequences of changes in the ecosystem?
Learning Objectives:
To know the major threats to the tropical rainforest ecosystem.
To appreciate the consequences for people and the environment.

2. Starter
Look carefully at the A3 sheet on your desk that outlines the threats to the tropical rainforest.
Create a spider diagram summarising all the threats to the forest and then rank them in order of which you think does the most damage.

3. Watch the following clip and feedback your thoughts to the partner.

4. Make notes throughout the film to help with your assessment task.
Main Task
Watch the following documentary and consider ALL the threats to the tropical rainforest in turn.
Make notes throughout the film to help with your assessment task.

5. Assessment Task – PART ONE
You have been asked by the UK Government to create a leaflet to explain to people in the UK the main threats to the tropical rainforest.
It needs to be as detailed as possible and highlight the impact on PEOPLE and the ENVIRONMENT.