1HV - Chapter 2 - Lesson 3 - Threats to the rainforest

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Chapter 2 - Different landscapes and climates

Today's Lesson 

To do:

- Last class 

- Homework check + Answers

Goals: 

- What is a threat to the rainforest? 

- Why is it a threat? 
(Cause and consequences)

Homework check

Please open your notebook and place your books on the desk

What can we tell about the tropics?

Temperature?

Location?

Precipitation?

Vegetation?

What do you think is happening here ?

And can you think of why it is happening?

Let's read - Page 24

And finish the following sentences in your notebook:

Deforestation is .... 

In Brazil they are cutting down the forest because ...... 

Products from Nature we can use are called .... .... Examples: ....

Reasons for deforestation

- Cattle ranches
(boerderijen met vee) 

- Farms for living (boerderijen) 

- Getting wood or natural
resources for products

Task - Discuss

Finish reading the paragraph.

Discuss in pairs and answer together. 

A good solution for deforestation could be ..... ..... because .....

Done? Question 7 (page 24) 

Homework

Answer: .

A good solution for deforestation could be ..... ..... because .....

+  workbook: Question 7 (page 24) 

First task

1. Write down 'Geography Unit 0' on the first page 

2. Go to the second page (volgende bladzijde)

3. Write down 'Geography' in the middle of the page 

4. Make a brainstorm. Write down as many words you think belong to this subject. Try at least 10 words!