Tropical Rainforest Plant Adaptations and Nutrient Cycling Lesson

This is a complete lesson on tropical rainforest plant adaptations geared towards Key Stage 3 that includes a Powerpoint presentation and a tasksheet for an ‘off the peg’ approach.

The lesson invites the students to recap some of the climatic conditions in the rainforest to set the scene for the adaptations that have developed. Students then use a cut and stick activity to identify the adaptations and describe and explain them - there are big images of all of them in the slideshow which you can use to go over the correct answers or to provide stimulus for the task, whichever you prefer.

Then there is a follow-up activity looking at the rainforest nutrient cycle and comparing it to the broken nutrient cycle after the forest has been cleared.