* The
Organization for Rainforest Conservation has a program that allows your class
to adopt an acre of rainforest. This program helps provide the funds
that are needed to continue this important work at a cost of $50 per year. After adopting an
acre of rainforest, the class will receive a picture of the rainforest and a
certificate of adoption. They will also send you an information sheet on the
species of the rainforest that you would find there. Also, you can adopt
an animal from the rainforest at a cost of $20 per year. They will also
receive a picture of their rainforest animal, where it lives (what layer) and
certificate of adoption. *** For more
information go online to
The Organization for Rainforest Conversation
and
The Living Rainforest (rainforest animal).***
Math
* Discuss the different types of rainforest animals the children will be able to adopt and make a chart using the spreadsheet and chart application of a word processing program.
* Students vote on what type of rainforest animal they want to adopt and keep a tally of the votes; students can use a database application.
* Students make a bar graph with the outcome of the vote using Microsoft Works/Spreadsheet/Chart.
* Students will come up with three questions about their graph.
Science
* Students can go online to find directions on how to make a rainforest habitat.
* Students can pick a rainforest animal and research the following information and put it on a chart.
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Rainforest Animal Name |
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* Students will complete the following activity above by opening a
word processing and inserting a table with four columns and one row (or choose
four columns), then type the following headings in each column: Rainforest
Animal Name, What
it Eats, Where it Lives and Interesting Facts.
Art
* On a blank bulletin board, make a mural of the rainforest. Use paints, colored pencils and markers.
* Based on what they have learned about the rainforest in weather, temperature, etc. Have them create an animal that could survive in the rainforest.
* Have them think of a name for their creature, make a name tag for it and share the creature with the class.
