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      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
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      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
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Biomes


Lesson 1: Environments

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  • To define what the word ‘ecosystem’ means.
  • To use the atlas to locate the major world ecosystems, developing their locational knowledge and maps skills. 
  • To infer what these places look like.


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​Define the key terms of this unit.


Key terms:
  1. Ecosystem: An ecosystem is a unit made up of living things and their non-living environment. They have different climates and vegetation. 
  2. Biotic: Living things (plants and animals).
  3. Abiotic: Non-living things (soil, climate).
  4. Food web: A series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions.
  5. Niche: The special role a plant or animal has in the ecosystem.
  6. Habitat: the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism.

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Print out the world outline map and follow the instructions on the slideshare. Complete the worksheet describing the different ecosystems
World outline map
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Biomes Worksheet
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Ecosystems from Steven Heath
Ecosystems
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​Watch the following videos as a summary and review of what we have learnt today.


Lesson 2&3: Tropical Rainforests

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  • To know the biotic and abiotic components of the Tropical Rainforest
  • To understand which components are found in each layer of the Tropical Rainforest


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Discuss:
Has anyone in the class been to a rainforest? 
What was it like?
What were your first impressions?

Watch the following YouTube to provide a give an overall view of what rainforests are like.


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​In the student notebooks cut and stick the:
  1. Rainforest distribution map and colour it in.
  2. Rainforest Structure diagram and then complete all the layers of the rainforests with annotations.

Rainforest Structure diagram
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Rainforests from Steven Heath
Rainforest information
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​Watch Planet Earth 2
Complete the interesting facts worksheet

Interesting Fact Workshop
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Kahoot Rainforests

Lesson 4: Desert Climate & Location

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  • To know where the world deserts are located
  • To understand what the desert climate is like and how it affects people’s lives in the desert

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Using the YouTube below make a list or spider diagram of some of the facts about deserts.

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Cut and glue the Major Deserts on Earth worksheet into your notebooks. 
Major Deserts - Worksheet
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Typical desert climate graph
Complete the following worksheet about living in a desert. Use the climate graph to answer the questions.
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Bear Grylls survival in a desert

Lesson 5: Desert Adaptations

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  • Discover what type of limiting factors there are in a desert.
  • To explore the possible ways in which animals and plants could adapt to the environment.
  • To consider the 'ideal' desert survival adaptations

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Print out the following worksheet and in small groups discuss the order and how these items might help you survive in a desert environment. 
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Extension: 

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Using the Worksheet on adaptations discuss in groups how these animals have adapted to their environment. 
Desert Adaptations
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Extension (to be completed as homework): Designing the perfect animal adapted to live in a desert environment.
  1. The animal should be unique
  2. You should label all of its adaptations
  3. You need to place it in the environment and explain how it interacts with plants and other animals.

Lesson 6-8: Desertification

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  • To know the meaning of desertification.
  • To understand how desertification occurs.
  • To be able to explain the human causes of desertification.

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Using the following video answer the following questions:
  1. Outline the main importance of soil.
  2. How is soil formed?
  3. How does human activity affect soil erosion?
  4. How many tonnes were lost in 2011 and what is the per capita value to the global economy?
  5. How is fertile land being taken from vulnerable populations 
  6. Why is the issue of soil degradation not current news?

Let's Talk About Soil - English from IASS Vimeo Channel on Vimeo.


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You will be creating a presentation explaining the causes and effects of desertification on the world. Watch the YouTubes below as an introduction into the topic.
The PowerPoint should:
  1. Define the key terms
  2. Describe the distribution of desertification
  3. The causes/types of soil erosion/degradation and desertification
  4. Explain the impact that this has on the environment and people
  5. Case study (example) of desertification: Sahel (Senegal)
    1. Where?
    2. When?
    3. What?
    4. Effects?
    5. Solutions?
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Risk of degradation and desertification
Sahel Desertification
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  • Home
    • How to make a website: Tools and experiences
    • Maps and Regions
    • Travel Photographs and Videos
    • Live: Global Hazards and Disasters
    • Geography in the news
    • The Big Geography Challenge
  • New IB Geography 2017 onwards
    • IB Geography Introduction
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Interactions between oceans and coastal places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • Option D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical hazard risks
        • 3. Hazard risk and vulnerability
        • 4. Future resilience and adaptation
    • Part 2: Core Units (SL&HL) >
      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing Populations and Places
        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
      • Unit 2: Global climate—vulnerability and resilience >
        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
      • IB Examination Guidance
    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Coasts
      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
    • GCSE Key Terms
    • GCSE Coursework
    • Alternative to Coursework
    • IGCSE Geography Examination Advice
    • IGCSE Revision Games
  • Key Stage 3
    • Year 6 >
      • My Place
      • Rivers
      • Brazil
    • Year 7 >
      • Maps and the world
      • Rocky Landscapes
      • Settlement
      • Weather & Climate
    • Year 8 >
      • Maps Introduction
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Economic Activity
      • Biomes
    • Year 9 >
      • Map Skills - review
      • Development
      • Coasts
      • Tourism
      • Paradise lost - Tourism in Thailand
  • AS Level Geography
    • World at Risk
    • Crowded Coasts
  • Geography Skills
  • Donations & Contact
  • YouTube Channel
  • Essential computer programs