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Caption Challenge TASK: Write a caption (2 sentences MAX) for the image below. Key

Caption Challenge TASK: Write a caption (2 sentences MAX) for the image below. Key Learning What s desertification how features does it link to the desert biome? Key. Question: Learning Question: What are the and climatic of the desert?

Title: Desertification Key Learning Question: What is desertification and what are the challenges faced

Title: Desertification Key Learning Question: What is desertification and what are the challenges faced by the people. Key living in the Sahel how does it link to the desert biome? Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Life on the edge – the Sahel Key Learning Question: What are the climatic

Life on the edge – the Sahel Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Desertification is the process where land turns into desert. • Two thirds of the

Desertification is the process where land turns into desert. • Two thirds of the African continent are now classified as desert or drylands. • Desertification is now affecting a quarter of the world's population. Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Task: What happens when the ground is really dry and then it rains? We

Task: What happens when the ground is really dry and then it rains? We call this “surface runoff” and it can wash away the soil because of soil erosion, so crops can’t grow. The land turns to desert in a process called ‘desertification’ Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Task: 1. Describe where the Sahel region is 2. Describe the temperature and rainfall

Task: 1. Describe where the Sahel region is 2. Describe the temperature and rainfall of the Sahel region Keyword – ‘arid’ – meaning dry & hot Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Read for meaning Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Read for meaning Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Read for meaning Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Read for meaning Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

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Card sort Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Desertification Case Studies 1. DESCRIBE what is happening in these 2 regions. 2. Pick

Desertification Case Studies 1. DESCRIBE what is happening in these 2 regions. 2. Pick 1 region and EXPLAIN the consequences of desertification on the people of that region. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=iaa. Xq. KKv 4 ko http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=92 b. UMNz-m. JE Key Learning is desertification howfeatures does it link to the desert biome? Key. Question: Learning What Question: What are the and climatic of the desert?

Task: What would you do to stop this happening and save your farmland? This

Task: What would you do to stop this happening and save your farmland? This man, in Mali, came up with a simple idea – DIGUETTES – a line of stones on the ground which block the surface runoff and allow the water to soak in. He literally ‘stopped the desert’ Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?

Task: Discuss the challenges facing people living in the Sahel region (8 marks) Rainy

Task: Discuss the challenges facing people living in the Sahel region (8 marks) Rainy season/arid/surface runoff/overgrazing/population growth/deforestation/desertification/famine/diguettes Success criteria: - Where is the Sahel? - What has caused desertification there? - What are the challenges faced by the people living there? - Are there any solution? Key Learning Question: What are the climatic features of the desert?