Brazil nut production
Lesson details
Learning outcome
You can describe how Brazil nuts are grown, harvested, and exported, and threats to their production and trade.
Key learning points
- Brazil nuts have a specific life cycle, to which there are some potential threats.
- Agouti are small rainforest animals which are critical for the life cycle of Brazil nuts in the rainforest ecosystem.
- The plants and animals in the rainforest are interconnected and depend on each other.
- A variety of information sources can be used to investigate Brazil nuts and threats to their production and trade.
Keywords
Pollinate - Pollinate means depositing pollen on parts of a plant or flower to enable fertilisation to take place.
Life cycle - A life cycle is the series of stages that plants, animals and other livings things go through during their lifetime.
Common misconception
Pupils think that Brazil nuts are only found in Brazil.
Brazil nuts can be found in multiple countries in South America including Peru, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia.
Teacher tip
As an additional activity, pupils could investigate an example of interdependence in the UK.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following foods are widely grown in the UK? Select two answers.
Q2.Which part of a plant am I? I have petals, and bees often like to visit me. Select 1 answer.
Q3.What part of a plant am I? I have seeds inside me and I am sometimes eaten by animals. Select 1 answer.
Q4.____________ is when pollen is deposited on parts of a plant or flower to enable fertilisation to take place.
Q5. __________ describes the series of stages that plants, animals and other livings things go through during their lifetime. Select 1 answer.
Q6.__________ refers to a natural environment and the plants and animals that live and interact within that environment. Select 1 answer.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which creature pollinates the flowers of the Brazil nut tree? Select 1 answer.
Q2.How are the seeds of the Brazil nut tree dispersed? Select 1 answer.
Q3. Order these stages of the Brazil nut lifecycle.
Q4. Order these stages to show what happens to most of the Brazil nuts that are collected by people in the Amazon rainforest.
Q5.Which of these is a likely effect of the agouti going extinct? Select 1 anwer.
Q6.Match the keyword with the correct description.
Pollen is deposited on parts of a plant or flower.
Pollen fertilises the egg cells to make seeds.
Seeds are scattered by animals, wind or water.
Series of stages that living things go through.
To help you plan your 5 geography lesson on: Brazil nut production, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 5 geography lesson on: Brazil nut production, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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