Hot deserts: climate and location
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe the climate of hot deserts and use maps to locate them.
Key learning points
- The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara, in North Africa, and it is still growing.
- Hot deserts have extremely high temperatures during the day and very little rain; not much life can survive there.
- Not many people live in hot desert regions because of the lack of water for everyday activities and growing crops.
Keywords
Hot desert - Hot deserts are areas on Earth which are very hot and very dry, having less than 25 cm of rain per year.
Soil - Soil is the loose upper layer of the Earth’s surface where plants grow, and is formed from tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water.
Climate change - A long term change in the earth’s climate. Overall Earth is getting warmer.
Common misconception
No one is able to live in the Sahara desert.
2.5 million people live in the Sahara desert.
Teacher tip
Get children to think about what they have used water for that day.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A place on Earth that is very hot and very dry and has less than 25 cm of rain per year is called a .
Q2.Match the beginnings of these sentences about hot places to the correct endings.
a lot of different plants and animals.
very hot and dry.
less than 25 cm of rain each year.
hot and wet.
Q3.The of a place is the average weather conditions (e.g. sunny, windy, rainy) taken over a long period of time (e.g. 30 years).
Q4.What is soil?
Q5.Where do you find hot deserts?
Q6.Climate change ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put these letters in the right order to find the answer to the following question. What is the name of the layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow?
Q2.What are crops?
Q3.Hot deserts are ...
Q4.What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world?
Q5.Which of these groups of people live in the Sahara desert?
Q6.Which of these plants do you find in the desert?
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