Unit 3 - Lesson 3a - checking answers with students

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Unit 3 - Climate 

Today's Lesson 

To do:

- Check climate WS 

- Video: Climates 

- Worksheet different climates 

Goals: 

- know which climates we have on Earth 

- Know characteristics of the climates 

Check Climate worksheet 

Open your notebook 

Your teacher will check the homework 

And talk about the answers together 

Arctic zones

Location:

Top / bottom of Earth

North / south poles

  Three countries:

Canada/Greenland/ Iceland

Norway / Sweden/Russia

Type of vegetation:

Small shrubs and mosses, algae

Type of animals:

Penguins, Polar bears, foxes

Location:

Around the Equator  

Three countries:

Brasil, Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia

Type of vegetation:

Vegetables, fruit, Tea, coffee, a lot of trees 

Type of animals:

Jaguar, snakes, birds etc. 

Temperate zones

Location:

Between equator and the poles

  Three countries:

Western Europe, USA, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand

Type of vegetation:

A lot of different kinds of trees like pine, maple, oak etc.

Type of animals:

Deer, moose, raccoons, squirrels...

Dry zones

Location:

Parts of Africa (Sahara / Sahel), mountains, main lands of some countries

Three countries:

Gambia, Mali, Somalia, Australia

Type of vegetation:

Palm trees, Cactus, no plants

Type of animals:

Lizards, snakes, camels, goats

Task: Color in climate zones 

Dry 

Task: Find out yourself

Use your phone or book.

Find out the answer to the following question:

WHY do we have different seasons and climates? 

Write a small explanation of at least 20 full sentences!

Your answer has to include something about the orbit of the Earth and the rays of the sun. 

Homework

1. Finish the climates worksheet 

--> Fill in the characteristics of the climates

--> Color in the map ! 

2. Glue in notebook.

3. Answer the question about climate / seasons