Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Exploring Biomes in Gorongosa National Park ActivityExploring Biomes in Gorongosa National Park Activity
Publisher
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
1 more...
Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
1 more...
Technology
Internet Access
Year
2016
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use
Activity

Exploring Biomes in Gorongosa National Park

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Exploring Biomes in Gorongosa National Park activity also includes:
  • Exploring Biomes in Gorongosa National Park — Summary
  • Student Activity
  • Gorongosa National Park Interactive Map
  • Join to access all included materials

Diversity in a biome leads to some unique characteristics vital to the natural environment. Young scholars use an interactive map to explore the vegetation and climate of the Gorongosa National Park. They collect climate data to compare to their vegetation observations and make conclusions about their relationships.

11 Views 15 Downloads

Concepts

ecological systems, biomes, plants, climates, temperature, precipitation

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Incorporate during an ecology unit
  • Have pupils compare the biome in the activity to a local one

Classroom Considerations

  • Prior knowledge of characteristics of biomes is helpful

Pros

  • Provides several teaching tips to help plan for the lesson
  • Includes additional resources to encourage further exploration

Cons

  • None

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Faces of Climate Change

Chicago Botanic Garden
You know global warming is real when your squirrel feeder is full of popped corn instead of kernels! Activity two in a series of five allows learners to explore climate change through the eyes of another. After briefly analyzing their...
7th - 9th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Climate Change Around the World

Chicago Botanic Garden
It is unknown if cloud cover increases in response to carbon dioxide levels changing, helping climate change slow down, or if cloud cover decreases, allowing Earth to warm faster. Part four in the series of five lessons has classes...
7th - 9th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate

California Academy of Science
The higher the number of letters in the final word for the National Spelling Bee, the higher the number of people killed by venomous spiders. Obviously, those two facts correlate, but no causation exists. Scholars view data based on...
6th - 10th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

Climate Science in Focus: A Streamflow River Study

National Park Service
Data speaks, but it's our job to determine what it's trying to say. Young scientists explore the changes in weather and climate using data from the Yosemite National Park in a six-day unit. Learners first compare weather and climate and...
9th Science
Instructional Video

97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree

Be Smart
Why do some people still question climate change? Discover the components of consensus with a video from a well-written science playlist. The narrator guides viewers through the process of reviewing climate publications, how exclusive...
7 mins 6th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Solar Influence—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 6

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Have scientists considered that the sun heating up might be a cause of global warming? The sixth of seven videos on the factors that affect the climate explains and tests this theory. It includes data collected from satellites, weather...
3 mins 7th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Climate Change is Boring

Veritasium
How can something so important be, well, boring? Explore the opinions of random citizens through a video by Veritasium. The narrator asks open-ended questions to interviewees about global warming, their personal efforts to reduce...
5 mins 9th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Climate Change as a Scientific Theory

PBS
Get your class thinking about climate change as a scientific theory. Guided by a handout, emerging earth scientists read articles and take notes about glaciers and sea ice. To conclude, they write an evaluation of the evidence for...
8th - 12th Science
CCSS: Designed
Instructional Video

The Climate is Changing but How's the Weather?

California Academy of Science
Do meteorologists and climate scientists use the same tools? The final lesson in a 13-part series on Exploring Energy compares and contrasts climate and weather. It describes the scientists who study each, the tools they use, their...
6 mins 6th - 10th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Weather and Climate Data Exploration

Center Science Education
Access local temperature data online, graph averages, and critique it. Learners listen to a scenario where weather and climate are confused, and then answer questions to differentiate the two. The lesson itself is compact, but there is a...
6th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use