Year+8+Ecosystems+and+Tropical+Rainforests

World Ecosystems and Tropical Rainforests.



By the end of this unit you should be able to: Describe and locate at 4 different climate regions and their ecosystems Describe the structure of a tropical rainforest (TRF) Describe how plants and animals have adapted to the TRF Understand how humans are affecting the TRFs Describe methods of using the TRFs sustainably To be able to give example case studies of specific TRFs you have studied

Homework -- Due Fri 18th Feb  Prepare for teaching your KS2 classes on Friday. You will have Monday lesson time to practise!

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media type="youtube" key="tq6N9bKwG5o?fs=1" height="385" width="480" ** The links below are to help you discover more about ecosystems and TRFs as well as helping you to revise this topic: ** A good overview of the TRF ecosystem created by the charity Oxfam. [] A detailed look at a group of people who live in the TRF of Borneo, scroll down to the bottom of the page for a video  []  A good link for detailed look at what humans are doing to the TRFs  []