Convectional Rain - parkhallschool.org.uk

SUBJECT: Geography Y9
TOPIC TITLE / UNIT: Walk on the Wild Side
SPRING 1
Target grade:___ Formal Assessment:____ Self Assessment:___ Peer Assessment: ___Knowledge Test: ___
Lesson
1&2
What am I going to learn?
To describe the location of tropical rainforests and to describe the climate of tropical rainforests.
To compare the British and equatorial climate – Formal Assessment
3
To identify, describe and explain the structure of tropical rainforests.
4
To identify, describe and explain how animals are adapted to tropical rainforests – Peer Assessment
5
To describe and explain how indigenous tribes live in tropical rainforests – Knowledge Test
6
To explain why tropical rainforests are being destroyed.
7
To analyse the effects of deforestation – Self Assessment
What homework will I be completing?
• Into the Jungle – packing for a trip to the
rainforest.
• Tropical Rainforest vs. Desert climate worksheet.
• Tropical Rainforest food web
• A day in the life of an indigenous rainforest tribe
• Diamond 9 worksheet – solutions to deforestation
What key words will I need to
know?
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• Sustainability
• Cattle
Ranching
• Mining
• HydroElectric Power
(HEP)
• Plantation
• Logging
• Local
• Global
Weather
Climate
Latitude
Convectional Rain
Emergent Layer
Canopy Layer
Shrub Layer
Forest Floor
Nutrient Cycle
Adaptation
Shifting Cultivation
Subsistence Farming
Deforestation
What skills will I learn?
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Locational skills: using maps, globes
and atlases
Annotation of images and maps
Presentation skills
Literacy – geographical vocabulary,
P.E.E, extended writing
Numeracy – drawing climate graphs
and interpreting mean.
ICT – Use of Geographical
Information Systems such as
GoogleEarth
Homework
• Read the passage entitled ‘Into the
Jungle’.
• Make a kit list of all the things you will
need to take with you and give the
reasons you have chosen each item.
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Write your ideas in the back
of your book and be ready
to feedback!
S/C: Can you suggest something
else that might be linked to the
tropical rainforest?
To locate
tropical
rainforests on a
world map.
To describe the
locations of the
world’s tropical
rainforests.
2
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To be able
to explain
factors
affecting
the
equatorial
climate.
3
To compare
the
equatorial
climate with
the British
climate.
To apply
learning about
the equatorial
climate to
another climate
zone of your
choice.
5
4
PLATINUM
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Not sure
What does good learning look like and how to I
progress from bronze to platinum?
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
‘Tropical rainforests are located...’
Success criteria:
Refer to lines of latitude.
Refer to continents and particular
countries where tropical rainforests
are found.
4 minutes
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Support and Learning Check
Tropical rainforests are located around
equator
the _________
between the Tropic of
Capricorn
_________
and the Tropic of ________.
Cancer
Amazon
For example, the _________
Rainforest
is located in the continent of
Congo River Basin Rainforest
South America the ________
__________,
Africa
is located in the continent of _________
Madagascar
and the ____________
Rainforest is
located in the continent of
___________.
Africa
Latitude
Convectional rain
1. Where are the hottest places?
2. Where are the coldest?
Complete the
sheet to help
explain why.
5 minutes
15 minutes
Month
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Temperature
oC
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Rainfall mm
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90
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90
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Temperature
oC
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27.5
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Rainfall mm
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Month
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M
1. Today is the hottest day in the year.
2. Today "feels" like the coolest day of the year.
3. The river flooded today.
4. It rained every day this month.
5. Our canoe got stuck on a sandbank.
6. The sandbanks have all been covered by the river this
month.
7. The ground is "rock hard" today.
8. We set fire to the forest today.
9. The number of rainy days is increasing this month.
10. I picked fruit today.
Analyse your
climate graphs
to answer the
questions.
S/C: What is
the range in
temperature and
rainfall for the
British and
Equatorial
Climate?
5 minutes
Learning Objectives
• To locate tropical rainforests on a world map
(L3)
• To describe the locations of the world’s
tropical rainforests (L4).
• To be able to explain factors affecting the
equatorial climate (L5).
• To compare the equatorial climate with the
British climate (L6).
• To infer why the British climate is different
to the equatorial climate (L7)
Literacy Objective: to use P.E.E to compare the
equatorial climate to the British climate.
To locate
tropical
rainforests on a
world map.
To describe the
locations of the
world’s tropical
rainforests.
2
1
To be able
to explain
factors
affecting
the
equatorial
climate.
3
To compare
the
equatorial
climate with
the British
climate.
To apply
learning about
the equatorial
climate to
another climate
zone of your
choice.
5
4
PLATINUM
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Not sure
What does good learning look like and how to I
progress from bronze to platinum?
Homework
• Due in: Tuesday 19th January
Research and present neatly information
on the desert climate:
• Where are deserts located?
• What is the climate like?
• Why are deserts so hot and dry?
• Include a picture
Your work will be formally assessed after this
lesson.
What level would you give this
piece of work?
Temperatures in the equatorial climate are higher than
those in the British climate. The highest temperature
in the equatorial climate is 29°C and the lowest
temperature is 27°C whereas the highest temperature
in the British climate is 17°C and the lowest
temperature is 4°C. Therefore, the range of
temperature in the British climate is greater than that
in the equatorial climate. This is because Britain has
seasons and the rainforest does not. As a result, it is
hot all year round. The reason why the equatorial
climate is hotter than the British climate is because of
the equator. Tropical rainforests are located around
the equator where the sun heats up a small area of land
making it very hot. On the other hand, Britain is
further away from the equator and the sun heats up a
larger area making it colder.
What level would you give this
piece of work?
Temperatures in the equatorial climate are higher
than those in the British climate. The highest
temperature in the equatorial climate is 29°C and
the lowest temperature is 27°C whereas the
highest temperature in the British climate is 17°C
and the lowest temperature is 4°C. The difference
in temperature in the equatorial climate is 2°C. The
reason why the equatorial climate is hotter than
the British climate is because of the equator.
Tropical rainforests are located around the equator
where the sun heats up a small area of land making
it very hot. On the other hand, Britain is further
away from the equator and the sun heats up a
larger area making it colder.
20 minutes
Choose your starting
point for today’s
written task.
Don’t be afraid to
challenge yourself.
Write it out into
your exercise books.
Use the worksheet
from the starter
task to help you.
Peer Assessment – use green pens.
5 minutes
Plenary
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