Year+7+Unit+6

= = == = Fragile Environments: All about the Amazon = = =

Useful Links:
[] [] - lots of stuff here [] [] - a good place for Amazon photographs – look on left hand side of the page! Amazon web quest = STOP PRESS = = @http://interhigh1.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/the-amazon-in-the-news/ =

Introduction
This unit is about why the Amazon is fragile, about the people living there, together with why they and the plants and animals are so important, about what is going wrong and what can be done about it.

Week 25: Star Homeworks here
**Lesson 1: Where is the Amazon and what is it like?** **PowerPoint:** **Class Notes:** **Homework:** **Extras: Watch the convection rainfall common in the Amazon** ** Has been moved to save my sanity to: ** http://geography-at-interhigh.wikispaces.com/Z+store

**Lesson 2: What about the people who live in the Amazon?** **PowerPoint: ** **Class Notes: ** **Homework: ** **Extras: Why are there so many animals and plants in the Amazon - More about treefrogs!** **@http://lindym.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/why-more-species-live-in-the-amazon-rainforests/**

**Lesson 3: What makes the Amazon so fragile?**

**PowerPoint:** **Class Notes:** **Homework:** **Extras:**

**Lesson 4: What are people doing to the Amazon?**

**PowerPoint:** **Class Notes:** **Homework:** This is a powerpoint I made for Y10s - might be interesting? media type="custom" key="9679546"

**Lesson 5: How are people keeping the Amazon safe? **

**PowerPoint: **  **Class Notes: ** media type="custom" key="17068270" **Lesson 6: Ecotourism **
 * Homework :[[file:Y7GeU6E Ecotourism HWwk30.doc]] **
 * See STOP PRESS at the top of this page **

**PowerPoint: ** 

**Class Notes: No class notes ** L inks for homework: [] [] If you are having problems with Shepperds Software, it might be worth trying: @http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.html This a really neat quiz - easier than the others, gives the name of the country and the jigsaw piece - all you have to is slide it into place! @http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/europe-puzzle.html
 * Homework: [[file:Y7GeURev1 Countries HWwk31.doc]] **