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- 5th
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Students define what a tropical rain forest is, what animals and plants exist there and realize how important the tropical rainforests are to life on Earth. They work in pairs to access websites imbedded in this plan to research the rainforest. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students create a three dimensional Rainforest scene which shows five aspects of the rainforest. They orally present the scene. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students gather information about the rainforest and the environment from the Internet. They analyze the impact that humans have on the environment. They also collect and organize data they find on the rainforest. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students investigate the diversity of temperate forests and tropical rainforests. They catch and observe local insects, sort leaves and insects on a chart, listen to the book "A Walk in the Rainforest," and create a class bar graph that illustrates the diversity of trees and insects between their local forest and a tropical rainforest. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students are given a number of Halloween treats and work in groups to determine which foods came from the Rainforest and which foods came from temperate regions and treats that don't contain chocolate. They examine the ingredient lists on wrappers and brainstorm the origins of the items. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore the plants and animals that live in the rainforest. They view and discuss a rainforest slideshow, select a plant or animal to research, explore various websites and complete a research sheet, and write a report using their research information. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students explore the rainforests. They locate and label tropical rainforests on a world map. Using a glossary, students define a rainforest and define its characteristics. Students locate and label South American rainforests with an emphasis on Brazil. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the characteristics of the tropical rainforest. Using a map, they locate the rainforests found around the world, continents and the equator. Using the internet, they research the various layers of the rainforest and label them correctly on a worksheet. They also research an animal found in the rainforest and write a report. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry while listening to Tropical Rainforest music. They name all the speaking animals in the book and list each of the reasons the animals gave for not cutting down the tree. They then choose one of the reasons and write how this would impact their lives. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore tropical rainforest and its inhabitants, choose one animal studied, and create and illustrate three-dimensional tropical rainforest habitat using file folder, lightweight cardboard, colored paper, crayons, markers, and paint. Full Review »

