1. Where are the rainforests and
what is the climate like there?
Where are the tropical rainforests in the world?
What the climate is like in the TRF?
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

2. Where are the tropical rainforests –
MAP FROM MEMORY game!
 In groups of 4 you have the challenge of
making the most accurate copy of the map
outside.
 You won’t see it many times or for long so
be quick!
 Number yourselves 1-4 so you come out one
at a time.
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

3. Worlds Tropical Rainforests

4. Peer Assessment on maps what
has each group done (or not!)
Group Correct areas
have been
shaded
Rainforests
are labelled
The map has
a title
The map has
a completed
key
Total number
of ticks

5. Where are the rainforests?
 Mark the
tropical
rainforest
areas on
your map
 Label these
areas too.
 Then add
the equator,
tropic of
Cancer &
tropic of
Capricorn.
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

6. Where is the Amazon Rainforest?
 The Amazon is the largest area of
Rainforest in the world.
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

7. The Amazon Rainforest
 The ________ rainforest covers
_______million square kilometres and
represents over half of the planet's
remaining ____________! It is home to
about 2.5 million __________species as
well as some ancient ___________.
tribes rainforests Amazon
insect seven
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

8. What is the climate like in the
Amazon Tropical Rainforest?
 The Amazon Rainforest has an equatorial
climate, this means that it is often very hot and
it rains a lot too!
 How can we draw one graph to represent both
temperate and rainfall over a year in the
rainforest?
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

9. What is the climate like in the
Amazon Tropical Rainforest?
 Complete the
climate graph
for the
Amazon.
Remember
the bars show
the rainfall
and the line is
the
temperature.
A climate graph for the Amazon Rainforest
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Months of the Year
Temp(oC)
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
Rainfall(mm)
Month Temp (ºC) Rainfall (mm)
J 26 240
F 26 230
M 26 240
A 26 220
M 26 170
J 27 85
J 27 60
A 29 40
S 29 40
O 29 100
N 29 140
D 28 200
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

10. Tropical Rainforest climate
 The __________ isn’t called that for nothing, it
rains every day of the _______ there! The worst
months are ______ and January when 240 -
245mm of rain falls. In _______ only 40mm of
rain falls and in the wettest ______ of March
_____mm of rain falls. It is also really ___ all
year in the rainforest, averaging 28ºC. This
means it is very ______ – an equatorial climate.
 Year Hot Humid March 245
August rainforest month
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?

11.  Half a page, rainforest tour guide about
the weather in the rainforest;
 Well the Amazon is one of the worlds
most amazing places and if you were
thinking of ....
 It pays to think about when it is best to
visit this amazing biome and you my be
interested to know that ...

12. HOMEWORK - Amazon Tour
Guide ! Imagine you are a tour guide and you are
writing in your travel brochure about when
is the best time of year to visit the
Amazon.
 Include facts like the hottest and driest
month etc.
 Well the Amazon is one of the worlds most amazing
places and if you were thinking of ....
 It pays to think about when it is best to visit this
amazing biome and you my be interested to know
that ...
LO: Where are the rainforests and what is the climate like there?