C2.1 - Lesson 2: Life in the Amazon

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LANDSCAPE ZONES

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What is the plan for today?

Repeat: THE GEOGUIDE

The first landscape zone: Life in the Amazon

Rules during class

1. A maximum of one person is speaking.
2. Raise your finger if you want to say something.
3. Always bring your books!

GEOGUIDE

When do I know when

I need the GeoGuide?

CHECK START

TODAY'S GOALS

1. You can explain the difference between a natural landscape and a man-made landscape.
   
2. You can explain the difference between a physical and a social factor. 
   
3. You can describe temperature, precipitation and vegetation in the tropical rainforest. 

LANDSCAPE ZONES

NATURAL LANDSCAPE

Landscape untouched by humans, still in its natural state.

MAN-MADE LANDSCAPE

Landscape where people have built houses, roads, fields etc.

Natural- or man-made landscape?

Natural- or man-made landscape?

Natural- or man-made landscape?

Natural- or man-made landscape?

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Location

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Vegetation

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Biodiversity

Different forms of life in nature

You can describe temperature, precipitation and vegetation in the tropical rainforest. 

Open your GeoGuide

Read C2.1: Life in the Amazon

Open page 24-25 in your coursebook and G96 and answer the following questions in your notebook.

1. Write down 4 characteristics of the tropical rainforest.
2. In which continent is the biggest rainforest?
3. Explain why Brasil has an uneven population distribution.
4. Give 2 reasons why there is a lot of deforestation.

Finished? Make exercise 1 in your workbook!

Let's go!

• Read C2.1: Life in the Amazon + G38, G48 and G50
• Make question 2, 3, 4 & 5 in your workbook
  

Rules while working:

• You're allowed to work together. (WHISPERING)
• Raise your finger if you have a question.

What's left is homework for next lesson!

Homework

1 + 2 from C2.1