This week, we will be looking at comparing

different locations to the Amazon Rainforest.

There are four main types of forest around the world. The Amazon Rainforest is a

tropical rainforest. What is the climate of a tropical rainforest?

Which kinds of forest do we

find in the UK?

Types of forest

Which are not found in the

UK? How do you know?

This link will help you!

What do you notice

about their location

on the globe?

Using the link on the previous page to help you, can you colour in 3 countries with

temperate forests, 3 countries with boreal forests, and 3 countries with tropical forests.

Equator

Use one colour for

each type of forest

We’re going to be comparing the Amazon Rainforest and

Sherwood Forest

What type of forest are

they?

On the next two pages

are facts about the

forests. This will help with

your activity.

Sherwood Forest is a forest in Nottingham,

England. Which image do you think is of

Sherwood forest and why?

Amazon Rainforest

How many different plant

species are there?

Sherwood Forest

How many people visit

Sherwood forest every year?

Creative Challenge: Make a mask of

an animal in each forest and act out

what it would be like living there.

Use the information about Sherwood Forest and the

Amazon Rainforest to compare the two forests.

Sherwood Forest Amazon Rainforest

Location

Age

Size

River(s) passing

through it

Plants found there

Animals found

there

Inhabitants

Famous for...

What do the two forests

have in common? How are they different?

Make animals from each forest using

different types of leaves.

OR