Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Supermarkets, Sustenance and Sustainability

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate jungles and the people who depend upon them.  In this sustainability lesson, students research wild life conservation and discover the importance of a jungle to Amazonian people.  Students create a group...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Celebrate the Beauty of Wildlife

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Take advantage pupils' spring fever by learning about trees and wildlife.
Lesson Plan
Global Oneness Project

Bearing Witness

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A controversial construction project in South America, the Belo Monte dam, is endangering local cultures, ecosystems, and communities. High schoolers create a concept map based on an online article they read before engaging in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stopping Deforestation in the Amazon: A Publicity Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the environment by designing a group project.  For this ecology lesson, students identify the man made threats to the Amazon while reading environmentally conscience vocabulary terms.  Students collaborate...
Interactive
Curated OER

Out of the Freshwater Aquarium

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about freshwater aquarium fish. Page includes links to answers and resources.
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 6 2 14: Why Amazonian Butterflies Hover Over Turtles

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the interesting and unusual relationship between butterflies and turtles in the Amazon rainforest.
Handout
Other

Plants of the Machiguenga

For Students 9th - 10th
A good source of info on medicinal plants used by native Amazonian tribes to this day. Enjoy a virtual tour of an Eastern Peru rainforest.
Handout
Other

International Bio Park: Ethnobotany of the Peruvian Amazon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from International BioPark is an introduction to medicinal and useful plants in the Amazonian region of Peru. "This is a dynamic cyber-reference which is constantly expanding in content."
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Manatee: Frequently Asked Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article that deals in a generalized fashion with the characteristics, life cycle, ecology and conservation associated with Manatees.