Year 7 are mapping the world's biomes. The teacher gives eight coordinate points, and students fly to each in Google Earth, look at what the land shows (rainforest canopy, sand seas, tundra, irrigated fields against desert) and fill a table with the location, the biome and two pieces of visual evidence for their identification. Point six is deliberately ambiguous, on a savanna and forest boundary in central Africa, to bring in the idea of transition zones. The plenary asks students to defend their answer for point six from their evidence column, which turns the lesson from naming biomes to reading the evidence on the ground.
Tools: Google Earth Nine ideas for your own version in Generate
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