Topic: Asia – great climatic contrasts and vegetation zones

Addressee

A student of the eighth grade elementary school

Core curriculum

XIV. Selected problems and geographical regions of Asia: Asia as a continent of geographical contrasts. Pupil:

1. Is based on general geographical and thematic maps that Asia is an area of great geographical contrasts.

General aim of education

You will learn the climatic and plant contrasts of Asia.

Key competences

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence;

• learning to learn.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• indicate the climate zones of Asia on the map;

• exchange factors that determine climate diversification in every climate zone;

• characterize the most important types of Asian climates;

• interpret climate diagrams;

• indicate plant zones on the map, explain the relationship with the location and climate variant;

• show on the basis of thematic maps that Asia is a continent of great geographical contrasts;

• give examples of geographical contrasts in Asia;

• present interdependencies occurring in the natural environment in Asia;

• indicate the areas on the map with the highest and lowest sums of precipitation.

Methods/techniques

• activating

  • discussion.

• expository

  • talk.

• programmed

  • with computer;

  • with e‑textbook.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups;

• collective activity.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers.

Lesson plan overview

Before classes

• Students get acquainted with the content of the abstract. They prepare to work on the lesson in such a way to be able to summarize the material read in their own words and solve the tasks themselves.

Introduction

• He asks students to find in source materials such as a geography teaching handbook, e‑textbook, Internet resources, information explaining what affects the diversity of climate within climate zones? Discussion..

• The teacher explains the aim of the lesson and together with students determines the success criteria to be achieved.

Realization

• Students approach the board and indicate the occurrence of the zone and read the types of climates. They orientate countries that are within the reach of these zones and climate varieties on the political map of Asia..

• Work pairs. Students analyze temperature and precipitation on the basis of climate diagrams. They determine the factors that affect this. They present their observations in the class forum with reference to examples. Talk..

• Students use the interactive board to organize their knowledge.

• Students carry out the interactive exercises checking the level of knowledge learned during the lesson. The teacher initiates a discussion during which the correct solutions for all the exercises performed by the students are discussed.

Summary

• The teacher asks: If there was going to be a test on the material we have covered today, what questions do you think would you have to answer? If the students do not manage to name all the most important questions, the teacher may complement their suggestions.

• The teacher asks the students questions:

  • What did you find important and interesting in class?

  • What was easy and what was difficult?

  • How can you use the knowledge and skills you have gained today?

  Willing/selected students summarize the lesson.

Homework

• Listen to the abstract recording at home. Pay attention to pronunciation, accent and intonation. Learn to pronounce the words learned during the lesson.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Asia – great climatic contrasts and vegetation zones

Asia is the largest continent on Earth. Its surface area is 44.5 million kmIndeks górny 2². The dense land area lies entirely in the northern hemisphere, and extends from the equator to high, circumpolar latitudes of the north. In the southern hemisphere there are many Asian islands, including a large part of the Malay Archipelago. Asia is also almost entirely located in the eastern hemisphere – the only area of Asia in the western hemisphere is the Chukchi Peninsula.
Asia and Europe constitute a compact block of land and are often named Eurasia. You already know that the border between these continents is contractual. Europe is often called the great peninsula lying in the west of Asia. To the south‑west of Asia, behind the Suez Isthmus and the Red Sea, there is Africa. Asia is separated from North America by the Bering Strait with a width of approx. 85 km. The geographical location of Asia is represented by the map.

The geographical location is the determining factor for the occurrence of all climatic zones in Asia. Local geographic factors affecting the diversification of climate varieties in each zone are as follows:

• significant height of the continent;

• latitudinal course of most high mountain ranges;

• significant distance of areas lying in the centre of Asia from the ocean;

• monsoon circulation of air masses in South and South‑East Asia changes the direction of their inflow twice a year – from October to March the monsoon blows from the mainland towards the ocean, and from April to September from the ocean towards the mainland.

The geographical location of Asia and the types and varieties of climate influence the distribution of very different vegetation zones on the largest land of the world. In the northern part of the continent there are vegetation zones referring to climatic zones.

• Asia is the largest continent on Earth; it occupies 30% of the total land area. With Europe westward, it forms one compact land – Eurasia.

• In the shape of Asia, about 75% of the area is covered by highlands and mountains; the average height of this continent is 990 m above sea level. In Asia there is the highest peak of the earth – Mount Everest (Czomolungma, Sagarmatha), 8,850 m above sea level. – and the lowest depression of the Dead Sea – 403 m.p.m.