Rainforest

By: Brittany Garrett

What is a Rainforest?

• Rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm climate, and lots of rain

• In some rainforest it rains more than one inch every day

• Rainforest are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America

• Rainforest is a home to over half of the animals on Earth

• Helps keep the worlds climate stable

• 110.5 English Language Arts and Reading13a- connect his or her own experiences with the

life experiences, language, customs, and cultures of others.

14b- write to discover, develop, and refine ideas14c- write to communicate with a variety of

audiences14d- write in different forms for different purposes • 112.5 Science8a- observe and describe the habitats of organisms

within an ecosystem

Learning Objectives

~ Students will be able to connect with other cultures and discover similarities and differences with people around them, and people living in the rainforest.

~ Students will learn who to write to help try and save the rainforest.

~ Students will plant a tree together, in order to help the ecosystem.

~ Observe animals in their natural habitat

Activities

• Students will explore the lives of those living in the rainforest and take these customs home to their families and record responses.

• write letters to organizations to help save the rainforest.

• as a class plant a tree for a lost tree. • explore the animals and insects around the

children's neighborhood and compare to those in the rainforest.

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