GRADE SIX SCIENCE

Hello Boys and Girls, I hope that you spent a very good week, completing the many tasks that you were given. Do ensure that you understand everything that you are taught. Never hesitate to ask questions. You learn so much that way.

How well are you doing in your diagnostic assessments? These assessments are important in helping you, your teachers and your parents to find out the areas in which you are strong and the areas where you need extra help. All of these activities will help you to improve your standard of performance. Do ensure that you correct any errors before you go on. You need to work on any weak areas that you had.

This week we will look at Forests. What is a forest? It is a large tract or area of land covered with trees and dense (very thick) undergrowth. Can you locate on a map of Guyana the places where forests can be found?

Our highland region is covered by forests. Do you see from the map nearby how large an area this region covers? Actually the forested highland region is the largest of Guyana’s natural regions. It spans almost the entire country from north to South. Forest covered mountains and highland are the main features of this region. Can you name the main mountains or mountain ranges in Guyana?

Yes, these include the Pakaraima Mountains, the Kanuku Mountains and the Kamoa Mountains.

Forests have developed naturally over the ages or they may have been cultivated. Can you name areas of the world where forests can be found? Look at the table below.

In Guyana we can find about 14 000 000 hectares of tropical forest. The trees are of a wide variety. Do you know that there are more than 200 species of trees in Guyana? Name at least three of them?