Rainforest Life
This geography scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and describe the physical and human geographical features of tropical rainforests and make comparisons with other locations around the world. The class can suggest how human activity can have a negative and positive impact on a rainforest habitat.
Identify and describe the physical and human geographical features of tropical rainforests and make comparisons with other locations around the world
Lesson One : Mapping Rainforests
Explore how to identify and describe the location of tropical rainforests that can be found in different locations around the world using an atlas and maps
Lesson Two : Farming Rainforests
Research, describe and record some of the different ways that forms of human activity can impact a rainforest when performing farming actions
Lesson Three : Rainforest Tribes
Investigate how to research and record facts and information about some of the groups of Amerindians who live and work in the Amazon rainforest
Lesson Four : Rainforest Harvest
Explore and record information about the lives of a group of people who live and work in the rainforest to harvest some of the natural resources
Lesson Five : Rainforest Habitation
Practise holding a class debate to explore some of the special reasons as to why different groups of people should be allowed to live in a rainforest
-
Changing Seasons
Investigate changes that can happen to the natural world during the four seasons of the year and reflect on similar changes that can occur in people’s lives
-
Chinese Dragons
Select and combine different mouldable and other materials to create masks representing dragons that can be worn during a performance dance
-
Suffix Combinations
Identify and record how to build a range of special words by using different combinations of roots and suffixes
-
Ancient Greek Games
Explore the development of the Olympic Games that began during the history of Ancient Greece and make comparisons with modern competitions