1. Geography in the Heat -
Desert
What is it like to live in the
hottest place on earth?

2. Desert Survival
• What animals are best suited to survive
in the desert?
• WHY?
LO: What is it like to live in the hottest place on earth?

3. Camel Adaptation
• Wide spreading feet to prevent the camel from sinking into the
sand. Two toes on each foot!
• Tough patches of skin on their knees for kneeling
• Thick fur to insulate them from the sun
• The hump, used for storing fatty tissue (not water), to provide
energy
• Tough lips for eating hard, thorny plants
• Long eyelashes, hairy ears and nostrils that close to keep sand
and dust out
• They can smell water, which can be quite a number of kilometres
away
• Watch this video to see in action the adaptations!
TASK:
Choose your favourite four and label them on your diagram on p12 in
your passport.
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4. LO: What is it like to live in the hottest place on earth?

5. Afar Tribe
• Live in North East Ethiopia.
• The Afar are traditionally
pastoralists, raising goats,
sheep, and cattle in the desert.
Although some are salt miners.
LO: What is it like to live in the hottest place on earth?

6. Afar Tribe – Living in the hottest
place on earth
• Afar tribe trek into the hottest place on
earth (Dallol)to collect salt which they
then sell. This takes 6 days in heat of up
to 46⁰c
• Watch this video (from 0.55 - end) to see
how an Geography university lecturer
copes as he goes to Dallol!
• What is the tribes daily life like?
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7. Trekking into the Afar tribe
• Watch this clip (from 10.06) and see
what games the Afar tribe play, what is
Kwosso?
Geography in the Heat - Desert

8. Challenge: Design a new game for
the Afur Tribe
• The Afur tribe have enjoyed having you
in their presence but before you leave
the Elders have given you a task….
• You have to come up with a new game
that they can play!
• Be creative and write down the Aim of
the game and the Rules of the Game.
You can draw pictures if you like!
Geography in the Heat - Desert

9. Homework
• Design a poster
that can go up on
the wall to show
what the new
game is!
Camel Clothes-hang!
Aim:
To hang as many pieces off a camel
as possible
Rules
2 teams
One team at a time
Item must stay for longer than
10sec
If camel moves, you can’t control it!
Pictures: