Create a Continent: Landscape zones and temperature Part I

Create a Continent 
Statement of Inquiry
Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 
Related Concepts: Causality 
Global Context: Natural and human landscapes
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Create a Continent 
Statement of Inquiry
Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 
Related Concepts: Causality 
Global Context: Natural and human landscapes

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Create a Continent 
Today:
  • Repeat: let's check out some drawings. 
  • Introduction on Landscape zones: from hot to cold. 
  • Explanation and video: the Deciduous and Coniferous Forests 
  • Quick Quiz: Deciduous and Coniferous Forests 
  • ACTIVITY: Read and anwer the questions G95 & G96

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Landscape Zones: 
From from hot to cold
  • The earth has large areas of original vegetation: landscape zones

  • Check out GB 246.

  • Vegetation types differ due to precipitation and temperature.

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

The Deciduous Forest (loofwoud)
  • Located around 40 -  55 degrees NL
  • Temperature in summer on average 10 degrees Celcius or higher. 
  • Temperature in winter on average no colder than -3 degrees. 
  • Deciduous trees lose their leaves. 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Slide 5 - Video

The Coniferous Forest
(naaldwoud or taiga)
  • Located around 55 - 70 degrees NL
  • Temperature in summer on average 10 degrees Celcius or lower.  
  • Temperature in winter on average colder than -3 degrees. 
  • Sometimes there is a mix of deciduous and coniferous forests: a heterogenous forest.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Slide 7 - Video

Name one thing you did not know before, but now do after watching the video.

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Temperature in summer on average 10 degrees Celcius or higher.
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

The trees in this forest lose their leaves.
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Located around 55 - 70 degrees NL
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Temperature in winter on average colder than -3 degrees.
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Located around 40 - 55 degrees NL
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

Temperature in summer on average 10 degrees Celcius or lower.
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

Temperature in winter on average no colder than -3 degrees.
A
Deciduous Forest
B
Coniferous Forest

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

Go to Google Classroom and read G101 and G102 from the GeoGuide. In your own words, give a definiton to the following key words.
- deciduous forest
- coniferous forest
- heterogeneous forest

Slide 16 - Open vraag

Check out Figure 4.8 about the deciduous forest in Germany

Based on this picture, describe in about 50 words how the deciduous forest looks like.

Slide 17 - Open vraag