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Take your learning about Rainforests in key stage 2 outdoors with this unit of planning. Throughout the lessons, your children will learn about rainforests whilst developing their mapwork skills, knowledge of physical features and understanding of current issues affecting our world through engaging and unique activities.
Have your children apply their knowledge of the world’s continents to create a map large-scale using natural resources. After which, they will learn the names of the major rainforests during this outdoor lesson.
In this fun and creative outdoor lesson, your children will work practically to discover the layers of a rainforest and explore the physical features of the Amazon biome, through the use of natural and recycled materials.
During this outdoor lesson, children will compare a local UK woodland to the Amazon rainforest. They will be creative and active whilst using their skills of observation and comparison and they will learn about the different plant and animal species found within each location.
The main activity of this outdoor lesson requires your children to work together to make their own rainforest sounds using natural and recycled materials! Leading into performing a class soundscape whilst at the same time reinforcing their understanding of the layers of a rainforest.
Combine drama and geography outdoors to teach your children about the issues and threats facing the Amazon rainforest today. They will develop their research techniques in addition to their speaking, listening and questioning skills.