How does climate, soils and altitude influence the distribution of large-scale ecosystems?

GCSE Geography - Edexcel A “Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Management”

Lesson 2: How does climate, soils and altitude influence the distribution of large-scale ecosystems?

Fully-resourced lesson that includes:
• Silent starter activity - map interpretation activity
• Main task 1: Completion of a mind map about how different physical factors affect the distribution of large-scale ecosystems
• Main task 2: Photo/Fact-file carousel activity where students work in pairs/independently to complete an information table
• Silent and Sustained task: Exam-style ‘maths’ questions linked to climate data for a Tropical Rainforest, followed by the setting of a home learning task that requires studesnts to compare climate graphs for different forest biomes.