Geography Medium Term Plan KS2 Rainforests- Year 4 Amazon Rainforest

This is a medium term plan for Year 4, based on Rainforests, in particular the Amazon Rainforest.

Lesson 1-Where are rainforests located?
Lesson 2-Who lives in the Amazon rainforest? How is life in the Amazon rainforest different to our lives?
Lesson 3-What is so special about rainforests? Why are they so valuable?
Lesson 4-What are the threats to rainforests?
Lesson 5-What can be done to protect rainforests?
Lesson 6-Should rainforests be preserved and protected?

National Curriculum links: Extend knowledge and understanding to include North America and the location and characteristics of the world’s most significant human and physical features. Locate the world’s countries and concentrate on their environmental regions. Identify the position and significance of the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere and the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Understand aspects of physical geography including climate zones and biomes. Starting to consider natural resources such as food and water. Use maps, atlases and digital/computer mapping to locate countries.