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GCSE	EdExcel syllabus 1312
A3 The Natural World	5. Forest distribution and environments -2
Chapter 4  pages 79-81	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
4.3 the global distribution of tropical rainforests, temperate deciduous and temperate coniferous forests (taiga). The ways in which trees in tropical rainforests and taiga have adapted to the natural environment.
students should - Map the distribution of the three forests. Describe and explain the ways that tropical rainforests and coniferous forests have adapted to their environments.
Forest distribution and environments -2   (4 lessons)	Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems Make a diagram of the rainforest cross-section, showing its divisions and labelled with its adaptations to both climate and soils. Work through the sheet Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems by A.Bennett of Internet Geography.
climate - 1. Airmasses climate - 2. Depressions & anticyclones climate - 3. European Climates   Forests - 4. Distribution & coniferous Forests - 5. Tropical forest ecosystem Forests - 6. PNG & Solomons   GCSE home