Topic+2+L2+-+Geographical+processes+operating+in+deserts


 * ==== Topic: ==== || ==== Geographical processes operating in hot deserts ==== ||
 * ==== Duration: ==== || ==== 4 lessons ==== ||
 * ==== Syllabus Outcomes: ==== || ==== 4.3 uses a range of written, oral and graphic forms to communicate geographical information ====

4.6 describes the geographical processes that form and transform environments
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 * ==== Students learn about: ==== || ==== the major geographical processes that operate within the chosen environment: ====

- hydrologic processes
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 * ==== Students Learn to: ==== || ==== – describe the geographical processes that shape the selected environment ==== ||
 * ==== Indicators of learning – By the end of this lesson students will be able to... ==== || ==== - Describe how each geographical process operates to create deserts ====

- Navigate through a webquest (time permitting)
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 * ==== Assessment ==== || ==== - Student participation during class discussion ====

- Activity based on final YouTube clip
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 * ==== Lesson Plan ==== || ==== 1 lesson should be spent on each geographical process ====

Note – The webquest exercise is time permitting or may be used as another set of lesson to reinforce key concepts
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 * ==== Text Page ==== || ==== Pg 81 - 91 ==== ||

This clip further clarifies how the rain shadow effect works.
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- Ephemeral plants
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Read pages 89 – 92 of the text and complete ‘Learning about...’ 1 to 5.
==== Watch the YouTube clip on the 10 largest hot deserts in the world and based on your knowledge built up over this lesson describe the images you see, in terms of the geographical processes used to shape these deserts. ====
 * Lesson Summary:**

[[file:Top 10 Hot Deserts.docx]]
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