Year 7 · Geography · beta

Forest biomes: why are forests so important?

This unit teaches pupils about the distribution of forest biomes around the world. Pupils will learn about how humans interact with forests and the challenges that can result. Pupils will also learn how humans seek to manage forests to ensure a sustainable future for the biome and the wider world.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

This Oak index uses an earlier export and lists 9 source lessons. DASKEREL has 12 original lessons for this unit, including 3 linked to source lessons absent from that export. Read the full DASKEREL unit.

Prior knowledge

  • Forests are large areas covered with trees.
  • There are different types of forests, like tropical rainforests, temperate forests, and boreal forests.
  • Forests are home to a wide variety of animals and plants.
  • Trees produce oxygen, which is essential for life on Earth.
  • Forests play a key role in the water cycle by absorbing and releasing moisture.
  • People use forests for resources like wood, food, and medicine.
  • Deforestation is the cutting down of trees and can lead to loss of habitats.
  • Forests help regulate Earth's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide.
  • Forests can be found on every continent except Antarctica.

Source curriculum references

  • Extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of the world’s countries using maps of the world.
  • Extend locational knowledge of Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East, focusing on their environmental regions, including polar and hot deserts.
  • Understand key processes of physical geography relating to weather and climate, including the change in climate from the Ice Age to the present.
  • Understand how human and physical processes interact to influence, and change landscapes, environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems.
  • Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

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