ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does geography and elevation influence the climate and residents of South America?
I Can-
8/27- I can distinguish the different landforms of South America.
- I can connect different types of climates and relate them to physical features, 8/28- I can connect how elevation and climate affect where people live. -I can infer why the climate determines how the people of South America use the land. 8/29- I can analyze how the Amazon river supports life in the rain forest. 8/30- I can prove how the currents affect the climate. 8/31-I can give a cause and effect on how the health of the Amazon rain forest can influence climate change across the world. -I can summarize the steps to how a rain forest works and why it is important. |
Weekly Agenda (9/4-9/7)
Monday 8/27-
-Opening activity -Map on p. 190 -Chapter 7 Section 1.1 -Vocabulary- Vegetation, grasslands, Pampas, Andes Mountains. Worksheet 1.1 -Climate Map p.191 -"Search for land forms" -p-44-45 (what is not finished is homework) Tuesday 8/28- -Daily questions -Chapter 7 Section 1.2 Worksheet -Vocabulary-Adapt and subsistence farming 1.2 worksheet vocab -Tierra Templada -Maps on page 193. -Life in the Andes -Closing Blog Wednesday 8/29- -Daily questions -Chapter 7 Section 1.3 -Vocabulary- Tribuataries and biodiversity vocab 1.3 sheet -Map lab p.195 -P. 60-61 -Pictures of Life in Amazon -p.82 and 83 Thursday 8/30- -Daily questions -Chapter 7 Section 1.4 -Vocabulary-Currents, rain shadow, and saturate. 1.4 worksheet -Video on El Nino -Rain Shadow animation -P.54 and 55 Friday 8/31- -Daily Questions -Vocab Quiz -Chapter 7 Section 1.5 Vocabulary- Transpiration and Greenhouse Gas Vocab practice -Rainforest Water Cycle -Layers of the rain forest -Illustrate the water cycle |