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= = == = 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!

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.

**Lesson 1: Where is the Amazon and what is it like?** **PowerPoint:** **Class Notes:** **Homework:** **Extras: Watch the convection rainfall common in the Amazon** media type="file" key="raintypes.swf" width="666" height="666"

**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 - and Margays - 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: Hotpotatoes or if you cannot use it here is a word version** **Extras: From Matthew - please do have a look.** @http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7360258.stm @http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7388577.stm @http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7397782.stm

**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: **
 * Homework : **[[file:Y7GeU6E Ecotourism HWwk30.doc]]

**Lesson 6: Ecotourism **

**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 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
 * Revision sheet - homework to make sure you know the continents,oceans and countries of Europe using the links on the revision sheet. **