- You will use
the Internet to locate a map that shows the world's rain
forests. Using the world map, color in the areas of rain forest
and label the equator. Students learn that rain forests occur
primarily around the earth's equator. Students will write about
what they learned about the location of the world's rain
forests.
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Rainforest Map
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World map with continents labeled
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Amazon Interactive
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A map of the
rain forests
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Print out a
copy of the
Rainforest Worksheet
to use for the following activities.
- Make a list of the
animals that live in the rainforest.
First, make a list of the animals that you met in The Great Kapok
Tree.
After you have the animals from the story, see if you can find any
other animals that live in the rainforest at
Animals of the Rainforest.
- Make a list of 5
plants that are found in the
Rainforest Biome.
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Draw a
picture of the rainforest. Label the layers of the rainforest. Use
Exploring the Rainforest
for help
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Pick a letter
from the card pile next to the computer. Print out a rainforest animal
using your letter and color the picture. These will be combined into a
class book. Get your picture from
A is for Ant.
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Go to
Kid Pix and draw your own picture of the animal that you have chosen.
We will make a slideshow of these pictures. Be sure to include the
animals name and one fact about the animal on your slide.
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Just for fun:
The Rainforest Field Trip
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MORE RAINFOREST RESOURCES
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Create a presentation or brochure about the rainforest using the
information and facts that you have collected on your rainforest
journey! You may use PowerPoint, Publisher, or KidPix to create your
project. Put all of your information sheets and activities in your
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Related Books
- Shel
Silverstein's The Giving Tree (Harper)
Natalia
Romanova's Once There Was a Tree (Dial,
1989 ISBN 0-8037-0705-3)
Jeanne Baker's
Where the Forest Meets the Sea (Greenwillow,
1988 ISBN 0-688-06364-0)
Naomi
Russell's The Tree (Dutton, 1989 ISBN
0-525-44468-8)
John Gile's
The First Forest (Gile, 1989 ISBN
0-910941-01-7)
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