REMAT Y5 Geog L1

Lesson 1: What are the Earth’s biomes?

biome

Note to planner: introduce at the point of teaching with the title key
vocabulary

Key Vocabulary

climate

Key Vocabulary

This map shows the different biomes of the world.

The lines of latitude and the tropical zone

Tropic of
Capricorn

Tropic of
Cancer

Tropical Zone

Observing

Asking Questions

What? Where? When? Why? Who?

How?

Think like a
Geographer

Evaluating

What do you think about this?

Predicting

What do you think?

Reaching

Conclusions

What does this show?

Making

Connections

Zoom in and out to compare places
What are the similarities and

differences?

Gathering

What information can you gather?

Making

Connections

Zoom in and out to compare places
What are the similarities and

differences?

Cartographers label the key

Cartographers always give their Maps a clear

title.

Activity: Add the map to books with a clear title and key

Making

Connections

Zoom in and out to compare places

What are the similarities and differences?

Activity: can you identify some biomes in the

tropical zones?

Country

Contient

Biomes

Challenge:

Match

Match the place to its biome.

• Egypt

• The middle of Australia

• The east of the USA

• UK

• India

Desert

Desert

Temperate deciduous forest

Temperate deciduous forest

Tropical rainforest

• Desert

• Desert

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Tropical rainforest

savanna

desert

tropical rainforest

tundra

Verbal Learning Review

A biome is…

The 6 biomes on Earth are…

A desert biome is…

Map task- Satellite and Aerial Views

All images show a

different part of
Mumbai, India.

Match each aerial

image to the correct

street view.

Discuss with a

partner how you

knew which images

matched.

Write a brief
sentence to

describe the setting.

Map task- Satellite and Aerial Views

All images show a

different part of
Mumbai, India.

Match each aerial

image to the correct

street view.

Discuss with a

partner how you

knew which images

matched.

Write a brief
sentence to

describe the setting.

Map Task

Match the satellite image to the aerial view.

Challenge: Write a brief sentence to describe the setting.