1. Systems Tropical Rainforests What is a tropical rainforest?

2. Starter Watch the rainforest introduction movie. Come up with a list of adjectives (descriptive words) for a tropical rainforest. Things to think about….. What would you smell, see, hear, feel???

3. Starter Class mind map! What do we know about Tropical Rainforests?

5. Where are the rainforests? Click here

6. Why are they located in these places? In groups of 2 or 3 you have 3 minutes to try and explain the location of tropical rainforests.

7. On the equator…

8. Convectional rainfall…

9. Climate of the Amazon Describe the Amazon’s pattern of rainfall and temperature. Temperature (ºC) 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 Rainfall (mm)

10. Re-visit the class mind map created at the start of the lesson. What questions have we answered? Plenary

11. Tropical rainforests are home to at least 50% of the world’s species of plants and animals. This makes it a very important ecosystem. Produce a poster that includes five fantastic facts about the rainforest. Homework