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- 9th
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Students list and explain the layers of a rain forest and the create their own. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students discover facts about rain forests, list the common products that come from rain forests, recognize how important rain forests are to our daily lives, and list and describe the layers of rain forests. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the importance of maintaining biodiversity in the rain forest. They discuss the timber industry by role-playing government officials in Ghana and developing arguments for a debate. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the role that forests play in their own lives by listing everyday products made from trees, then researching and categorizing less common products that may be less familiar to students. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore the life of an animal of the rain forest. The diversity and classification of living things are examined. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research forest growth online. They analyze the parts and contents of a graph, then summarize in narrative form the changes in the forest over time. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students perform a play about the Amazon Rain Forest. They practice assigned parts and sing a song about the Rain Forest. They create costumes for the characters and discuss the role each character plays. They perform the play and read information on mammals described in the play. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students examine how to sort and classify rain forest animals by their similarities and differences. They design a storyboard that expresses attributes of the animals, which they combine into a class PowerPoint presentation. Using a rubric, they correct their storyboards to include anything they missed. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the aspects of a forest floor ecosystem, including decomposition, the water cycle, food webs, the needs of living things, and physical vs. chemical change over an extended period. In addition, students conduct observations each week in teams of three, record information about the forest floor environment, and report their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are introduced to the four layers of a typical forest. In groups, they are given one layer of the forest to focus on in which they use the internet to research the characteristics of the specific layer. To end the lesson, they make a mural showing these characteristics in the correct order. Full Review »
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