Lesson Four – Rainforest Destruction
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to identify and describe some of the different ways of preventing the destruction of some natural resources that can be found in a rainforest location.
The class can select and make lists of the advantages or disadvantages of different forms of development in a rainforest habitat such as harvesting nuts and rubber from some trees.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify and describe some of the different ways of preventing the destruction of some natural resources that can be found in a rainforest location
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe ways of managing and protecting a rainforest habitat and a set of cards to select and make lists of the advantages or disadvantages of different forms of development in a rainforest habitat.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe some of the different ways of preventing destruction in a rainforest.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, illustrate and debate some of the different reasons as to how and why tropical rainforests should be protected and conserved for the future. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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