Integrating Geography and English: Understanding Animal Habitats

• Aardrijkskunde
• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 5

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Discuss the following questions with your neighbor:

- What is your favorite animal?

- Where does this animal live?

Geography & English: Animal Habitats

- You will learn about different climates zones

- You will learn about climate-factors (temperature, vegetation, etc.)

- You will learn how animals survive in these climates

- You will present your findings

Climate zones in the world

Temperate Zone

= Gematigd klimaat

Polar Zone

= Poolklimaat

Tropical Zone

= Savanne- en Steppeklimaat

Subtropical Zone

= Woestijnklimaat

Equatorial Zone

= Tropisch regenwoudklimaat

Climate factors

Temperature	Temperatuur
Extremely cold (-50°C) Cold Warm Hot Extremely hot (50°C)	Extreem koud (-50°C) Koud Warm Heet Extreem heet (50°C)

Vegetation	Begroeiing
No trees Conifers Deciduous trees Grass Rainforest plants Cacti	Geen bomen Naaldbomen Loofbomen Gras Regenwoud planten Cactussen

Precipitation	Neerslag
Dry Rain	Droog Regen

Other	Overige
Ice Sand Humid Seasons Wildfires	IJs Zand Vochtig Seizoenen Bosbranden

Climate factors

Which climate factor does not belong to the polar zone?

1. Extremely cold
2. Rain
3. Dry
4. No trees

Which climate factor does not belong to the temperate zone

1. It often rains
2. Cornifers & deciduous trees
3. Warm in the summer, cold in the winter
4. Dry

Which climate factor does not belong to the subtropical zone

1. Extremely hot
2. Cacti
3. Grass
4. Dry

Which climate factor does not belong to the tropical zone

1. Cold
2. Warm
3. Grass
4. Dry

Which climate factor does not belong to the equatorial zone

1. A lot of rain
2. Hot
3. Humid
4. Dry

Where does your animal live?

Temperate Zone

= Gematigd klimaat

Polar Zone

= Poolklimaat

Tropical Zone

= Savanne- en Steppeklimaat

Subtropical Zone

= Woestijnklimaat

Equatorial Zone

= Tropisch regenwoudklimaat

Research

- Work in pairs

- Perform the webquest on your chromebook (devide the tasks)

- Fill in the research report

- Prepare a short presentation

Presenting Research Findings

- It is... (hot/cold/etc.)

- There is (no/some/a lot of) rain

- There are (no trees/trees/cacti/etc.)

- The animal has/is/eats...