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- 4th
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Students fill in the locations on a global map that contain rain forests. They keep a journal based on their readings and construct a graph comparing local precipitation to precipitation in the rain forests. Through group work, students create a r Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students become familiar with cloud forest, become aware of the different animals in the cloud forest, and explore the impact of deforestation. They research a particular animal and present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore different products that come from Costa Rica rainforests, examine how the destruction of rainforest and deforestation affect both the Costa Rica and United States economies; students write letters to the studenT Rainforest. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students illustrate a rainforest animal that they observed in a slide presentation or in the books and pottery figures that were displayed in the classroom. They study the causes of deforestation and explain the reasons for saving the rainforest. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students practice using vocabulary related to indigenous peoples after they read an article about the different groups throughout the world. They identify any challenges these groups face and how some are becoming more modern. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students investigate the understanding of where coffee is grown by conducting a survey. They study the natural history of coffee and examine bird habitats in the areas where coffee is grown. They write letters to explaining the connections between coffee, tropical forests, and bird habitats. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students use a conference format to reach a consensus on ways to slow deforestation and promote sustainable development. Students are assigned roles to play during the conference. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students participate in an activity to demonstrate how deforestation, fragmentation, and habitat edges may affect native animal populations. Students accomplish this by playing a game from a provided worksheet and completing a graphing activity as a class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students match certain animals with a possible fate that could happen to them from a provided list in order to discover the threats to biodiversity and the role humans play. They also discover the importance of biodiversity and what we should do to protect it. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are introduced to the vital role the rainforest plays in our ecosystem. This lesson serves as a launch activity for the rainforest unit. Students identify the continents where the rainforest are found, the layer of the rainforest and five products that originate in the rainforest. Full Review »

