Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: What is the Amazon rainforest like?
Developing an understanding of vegetation belts and exploring further the ‘tropical grasslands’ of the Amazon rainforest. Learning about the four layers of a rainforest; the vegetation and animals that occupy each; and the adaptations of vegetation in a tropical rainforest biome.
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Display the Quiz: The Amazon rainforest to recall some of the key knowledge learned in the previous lesson.
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Dr. Michael Leach is an author and scientist with more than 60 books, in 20+ languages, to his name. He writes on the environment, endangered habitats and wildlife and his particular areas of interest are complex ecosystems such as rainforests and polar regions. Michael has worked extensively in all seven continents exploring some of the world’s most remote habitats.
Michael speaks to schools around the world as visiting author/scientist, educating and inspiring young people about sensitive habitats such as the Amazon, Antarctic, deserts, tundra and the threat they face through climate change. He presents live online wildlife events for UK and International Schools and is a regular judge for the Association of British Science Writers’ Young Science Writer of the Year Awards and Jackson Wild Film Festival in the USA. His most recent book is Rainforest Pub. DK
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