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Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
Where are the tropical rainforests in the world? What the climate is like in the TRF?
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
Where are the tropical rainforests – MAP FROM MEMORY game!
In groups of 4 you have the challenge of making the most accurate copy of the map outside.
You won’t see it many times or for long so be quick!
Number yourselves 1-4 so you come out one at a time.
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
Worlds Tropical Rainforests
Peer Assessment on maps what has each group done (or not!)Group Correct
areas have been
shaded
Rainforests are labelled
The map has a title
The map has a
completed key
Total number of
ticks
Where are the rainforests? Mark the
tropical rainforest areas on your map
Label these areas too.
Then add the equator, tropic of Cancer & tropic of Capricorn.
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
Where is the Amazon Rainforest? The Amazon is the largest area of
Rainforest in the world.
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
The Amazon Rainforest
The ________ rainforest covers _______million square kilometres and represents over half of the planet's remaining ____________! It is home to about 2.5 million __________species as well as some ancient ___________.
tribes rainforests Amazon insect seven
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
What is the climate like in the Amazon Tropical Rainforest? The Amazon Rainforest has an equatorial
climate, this means that it is often very hot and it rains a lot too!
How can we draw one graph to represent both temperate and rainfall over a year in the rainforest?
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
What is the climate like in the Amazon Tropical Rainforest? Complete
the climate graph for the Amazon. Remember the bars show the rainfall and the line is the temperature.
A climate graph for the Amazon Rainforest
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Month Temp (ºC) Rainfall (mm)J 26 240F 26 230M 26 240A 26 220M 26 170J 27 85J 27 60A 29 40S 29 40O 29 100N 29 140D 28 200
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
Tropical Rainforest climate
The __________ isn’t called that for nothing, it rains every day of the _______ there! The worst months are ______ and January when 240 - 245mm of rain falls. In _______ only 40mm of rain falls and in the wettest ______ of March _____mm of rain falls. It is also really ___ all year in the rainforest, averaging 28ºC. This means it is very ______ – an equatorial climate.
Year Hot Humid March 245August rainforest month
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
Half a page, rainforest tour guide about the weather in the rainforest;
Well the Amazon is one of the worlds most amazing places and if you were thinking of ....
It pays to think about when it is best to visit this amazing biome and you my be interested to know that ...
HOMEWORK - Amazon Tour Guide !
Imagine you are a tour guide and you are writing in your travel brochure about when is the best time of year to visit the Amazon.
Include facts like the hottest and driest month etc.
Well the Amazon is one of the worlds most amazing places and if you were thinking of ....
It pays to think about when it is best to visit this amazing biome and you my be interested to know that ...
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?
