Mongolians live in round, portable structures called yurts that are well-adapted to the country's climate and environment. Yurts have felt walls and a wooden frame, providing insulation in Mongolia's cold, continental climate with four distinct seasons. A central fireplace warms the single room space, which functions as the bedroom, kitchen, and living area. Yurts use local, natural materials and require little energy or natural resources.

1. Home Sweet Home
Leila 3B

2. Mongolian Yurt

3. Location
• Mongolia (Ulan Bator)

4. Place : What is it like there?
• Continental Climate
• Very cold in winter and hot in summer
• Four seasons
• Thundery rain in the summer
• Geographical Features
• Flat
• Not many mountains
• Grassy

5. People
• Mongolian People
• Jobs:
• Milk goats
• Make bread
• Grind wheat
• Mongolians live in Yurts

6. Materials
• Main Materials
• Wood
• Sticks
• Felt (made of wool)
• Other Materials
• Metal
• Where The Materials Come From
• Wood: trees
• Felt: sheep / goat

7. The House
• Design- people
• Rooms
• One room
• One room is used for many things , for example:
a bedroom, a kitchen , a living room
• Energy
• Heat
• Light

8. Special Features
• Adaptation to Climate
• The felt
• The stove
• Environmentally Good
• Uses little energy
• It burns horses droppings
• Uses little resources
• Doesn’t cut 1 whole tree

9. Interesting Facts
• Horses droppings = fuel for stove
• They eat koumiss
• In center of yurt they light fire
• Smoke from fire escapes through round hole
and in top of yurt

10. Works Cited
• Wonderful Homes Around the World
• By Yoshio Komatsu
• Homes in Cold People
• By Alan James
• Homes Around the World
• By Anna Sproule
• Usborne Book of Houses and Homes
• By
• The Yurt / First Impressions HOUSES
• By Schofield and Sims Ltd
• http://www.yurt-land.com/images/home/yurt_big.jpg