Climate and Natural Vegetation: Equatorial Climates - Rainforests

Suitable for IGCSE Climate and Natural Vegetation lesson - focusing on Equatorial Regions.

12-slide PPT introducing rainforests - their location, climate and structure.

PPT includes:

• Definition of key words: climate, diurnal range, photosynthesis
• 2 maps showing where rainforests are found
• the main climatic features of equatorial climates
• focus on the climatic features of Manaus - including a map showings its location and a climate graph showing its average climate features
• short discuss/share task unpacking the climate of Manaus
• diagram showing the vegetation structure and features of rainforests

Worksheets/Tasksheets include:

• 3 Page work booklet. Questions are based on the climate of equatorial regions, the structure of the vegetation in rainforests, the distribution of tropical rainforests, and a short Manaus case study.

• 4 page booklet featuring past paper exam questions.

• 10 question True/False quiz based on the content of the lesson. This could be used as a plenary, or as the stater in follow-up lessons.

This is packaged and ready to teach, there is enough material here for 2-3 lessons.