Natural Regions

Research Task

In class you have been working on a project which compares the hot desert regions with either the Tundra and Rainforest. You are to write about the following things for each region (you may have already done some within class);

• Front Cover – like the front cover for a book – include pictures, title, who has wrote project.
• Introduction – introducing your project
• Location – map showing the location of hot deserts and your chosen natural region, a description of where hot deserts are found, a description of where your natural region is found.
• Climate graph – a climate graph for a city in a hot desert, a climate graph for a city in a rainforest (Manaus) or Tundra (Barrow, Alaska) , describe each climate graph (hottest month and how much, coldest month and how much, wettest month and how much, driest month and how much).
• Animals – pick some animals for a hot desert (such as a camel) and for your chosen natural region – describe and explain the adaptations they have to help it survive there (try label the animal) – “A camel has a hump. This is to help it store fat which can be used for energy.
• Plants – exact same thing you did for animals.
• Traditional Way of Life – write about life in the hot deserts for the Bedouin people (clothing, food and drink, jobs, homes, challenges etc) + then same for your natural region (an Amazon tribe for rainforests or inuits for life in the Tundra).
• Modern Developments – create a factfile about a modern development which has taken place in the desert (Dubai, Aswan High Dam, The Great Green Wall) + a the same for your chosen natural region (Rainforest – deforestation?, Tundra – TransAlaskan Pipeline)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Have I done anything in class? You have been working for at least the past couple of weeks on this in class and should already have covered introduction, climate,location and animals.
• Have you given us anything in class to help? You have your wee yellow booklets to help you, this has a checklist in it and help for each section on laying it out. You have your folders with work in.
• Can I type it up? You can present it in a number of different ways – hand written, typed up or as a powerpoint.
• How long does it have to be? There is no set length but it should be at least 10 pages – the main thing is that you have covered everything we have asked for.
• How do I submit it? If it is typed up or a powerpoint then submit in via the assignments section of S1 or email it to your teacher.
• I still need help who can I contact – you can contact your teacher on Teams or via email:
• Mr Smith = 2.Smith@firrhill.edin.sch.uk
• Miss King = King@firrhill.edin.sch.uk
• Mr Boyd = Boyd@firrhill.edin.sch.uk

Useful Videos

• BBC Planet Earth 1 + 2 is available on Iplayer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mywy/planet-earth,  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p02544td/planet-earth-ii) : S1E1 (From Pole to Pole), S1E5 (Deserts), S1E6 (Ice Worlds), S1E8 (Jungle), S2E3 (Jungles), S2E4 (Deserts).
• Human Planet: Deserts – Life in the Furnace (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6v8pvu), Arctic – Life in the Deep Freeze (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6so4pn), Jungles – People of the Trees (could not find full episode online for free – if you do, let me know!).

All work should be submitted via assignments tab on Teams.