The Congo Rainforest - Physical Geography Lesson!

This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to describe and understand the key physical geography features of The Congo Rainforest. Whilst gaining a wide range of knowledge about the biome, key facts, climate, plants and animals of area, students also become familiar with a wide range of vocabulary pertinent to the KS2 geography curriculum.

The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards relevant and constructive learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to:

-Remember key facts about the African continent to contextualise their learning;
-Learn where the Congo rainforest is, and understand why this biome exists here;
-Learn key facts about the area, rivers, animals and plants of the Congo;
-Remembering further facts through watching an interesting video on the Congo, and then answering comprehension questions;
-Self-assess their progress using the learning objectives.

The lesson benefits from access to atlases and/or web-searching devices for the final task.

This lesson resource is made up of a visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation (15 slides)

The resources within this lesson can be easily adapted to suit home/remote learning.