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Rainforest TV
Students visit the Rainforest A.L.I.V.E. website. They explore the rainforest through this website and other resources. Using a digital camcorder and iMovie, they produce two- to four-minute movies about the rainforest.
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Rainforest Animals
Kids go through each slide and name all the animals that live in the rainforest. This depicts ten rainforest animals, and six that live elsewhere. Perfect for little ones just learning about the rainforest.
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The Rainforest: South America
What can one expect to see in the South American rainforest? Find out where humans sleep, what animals they encounter, what kind of plants they'll see, and what dangers lurk in the tall grasses and dense forests. This is a simple and...
PreKinders
Rainforest Animals
Who lives in the rainforest? Explore the different animals of the rainforest with a presentation full of vivid pictures. Each slide uses a common sentence frame to discuss which animals one might find in the rainforest.
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Products from the Rainforest
Second graders write a story about the journey a food has from the rainforest to your table. In this food lesson plan, 2nd graders research different foods and products that come from the rainforest and discover how it ended up in their...
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What Makes a Tropical Rainforest Special?
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...
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Going...going...gone? Tropical Rainforests-How They Work, What They Do for Us, What's Being Done to Them...
Sixth graders explore the Tropical Rainforest and come to understand what it is and how it affects the ecosystem. In this rainforests instructional activity, 6th graders write about the Tropical Rainforest, imagine they are in the...
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What Would Halloween be Like Without the Ecuadorian Rainforest?
Fourth graders are given a number of typical Halloween treats and work in groups to determine which foods came from the Rainforest (chocolate) and which foods came from temperate regions (apples, popcorn) and treats that don't have...
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Saving the Rainforest One Plant at a Time
Students can benefit from an exploration of the plants with medicinal properties found in the rainforest.
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Amazon Rainforest Conservation, Brazil
Students explore rain forests. In this rain forest lesson, students participate in a "BioBlitz" of their schoolyard, observing and recording every living thing in a designated area. Students visit websites about rain forests to...
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The Study Commission on the Rain Forest
Students, in groups, research the issues of the rainforest considering the opinions of many people who have interests in the rain forest and then present their findings to the class.
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The Tropical Rain Forest
Students use various web sites to access information about the rain forest. They use the Tropical Rainforest Interactive CD to make their own rain forest pictures and stories and learn facts about the rain forest. They use various books...
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Saving the Rainforests
Students search and study the various web sites on the rain forest. They determine parts of speech of each new word. Once this has been done, they read the composition first silently and then aloud. They demonstrate comprehension of the...
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Crossword: Rain Forest
In this crossword activity, learners solve a crossword puzzle by solving clues about the Rain Forest. For example, "The area or environment where an animal lives."
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Rain Forest Reporters
Students research and write articles for an imaginary scientific magazine about rain forests. In this rain forest instructional activity, students research both ecosystems and magazine writing styles. They act as reporters and editors of...
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Rainforests
Students identify different rainforest animals and present facts about them.
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Rainforest Wildlife
Young scholars investigate how living things depend on one another for food, shelter, and other needs. They create artwork depicting a variety of living things thriving in an interdependent rainforest environment. Students blend primary...
Rainforest Alliance
Colombia Biodiversity
How diverse is the rainforest? How much more diverse is a rain forest than a temperate forest? Explore these focus questions in a lesson that explores the plants, animals, and insects in forests. After listening to a reading about...
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Rainforests
Second graders explain the characteristics of a rainforest habitat. In this rainforest lesson, 2nd graders examine the layers of the rainforest and the locations of rainforests. Students complete a scavenger hunt on an assigned layer...
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Rainforest Unit
Young scholars investigate the Rainforest. For this Rainforest lesson, students research magazines, journals and the Internet to create a "Save the Rainforest" slogan. Young scholars will record local rainfall amounts and create a graph...
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Shrinking Rainforests
In this rainforests worksheet, students study satellite images and rainforest facts. They complete 8 short answer questions that follow.
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What is the Rainforest?
Students investigate rainforests. In this rainforest lesson, students brainstorm on a KWL chart about what they already know about the rain forest. Students are shown pictures of the rain forest and describe what they see in the photos....
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Importance of the Rain Forest
Students use the Internet to conduct a research project. In this rain forest lesson plan, students work in groups to research different parts of the rain forest. Students research climate, foods, house products and medicines. Each...
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The Rainforest
Learners discuss ways in which the rainforest can be preserved. In groups, they locate a major rainforest and list its benefits to the environment. They develop possible solutions as a class to help governments, industries and...