KS3 Russian Biomes Lesson

KS3 Russian Biomes Top Trumps Lesson
This lesson resource consists of a powerpoint, top-trump cards and information sheets.

• The lesson has the following success criteria:
• To be able to describe how the environment changes across Russia.
• To be able to explain how the environment changes across Russia
• To be able to compare how the environment and landscape differ between Russia’s biomes.
• To be able to predict how these will change in the future.

Lesson Plan

1. Students match up the key words with their definitions.
2. Students describe the distribution of biomes.
3. Students create top trumps using the information ppt. and top-trump cards.
4. Students play top trumps using the temperature and precipitation category. Then ask students to order from the card that wins the most to the card that loses the most. This will show the latitudinal gradient of biomes.
5. Russian beasts and where to find them. Students match up the images with the biomes.
6. Students predict how the distribution of biomes will change in the future.