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Living in the Rainforest:
A Living Graph Thinking Skills activity

Pupils have to study the graph below and work out where statements which could have been said by people living in Manaus, Brazil,  might be best placed, giving reasons for their decisions. Cut and paste the graph and the sentences into a word processor to make a worksheet for your pupils. You can download the data in Excel format here. 

Living in the Rainforest

  1. Look at the climate graph above which shows the climate for Manaus, Brazil.
  2. Try to work out which month fits each of the ten sentences best. Talk to other people on your table about it.
  3. Write down your reasons for choosing the month you did

The statements

  1. Today is the hottest day in the year.

    2. Month
    Reason(s)

  2. Today "feels" like the coolest day of the year.

    3. Month
    Reason(s)

  3. The river flooded today.

    4. Month
    Reason(s)

  4. It rained every day this month.

    5. Month
    Reason(s)

  5. The weather has been the same for 3 months. (3 months to name for this answer).

    6. Months
    Reason(s)

  6. Our canoe got stuck on a sandbank.

    7. Month
    Reason(s)

  7. The sandbanks have all been covered by the river this month.

    8. Month
    Reason(s)

  8. The ground is "rock hard" today.

    9. Month
    Reason(s)

  9. We set fire to the forest today.

    10. Month
    Reason(s)

  10. The number of rainy days is increasing this month.

Month
Reason(s)

  1. I picked fruit today.

Month
Reason(s)

You may wish to copy the sentences below onto card to use with the graph

Today is the hottest day in the year.
Today "feels" like the coolest day of the year.
The river flooded today.
It rained every day this month.
The weather has been the same for 3 months. (3 months to name for this answer).
Our canoe got stuck on a sandbank.
The sandbanks have all been covered by the river this month.
The ground is "rock hard" today.
We set fire to the forest today.
The number of rainy days is increasing this month.
I picked fruit today.

 

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