Satellite image: NASA

How do we inform ourselves about

this area of learning?

What learning activities will our children engage

with?

What actions can we take?

What focus?Environmental Impact & Environmental Impact & SustainabilitySustainability

Interdependence & Interdependence & ConnectednessConnectedness

People , Culture & People , Culture & DiversityDiversity

What is it like here? (Use, story, picture books, sense impressions, drama to explore) [PLACE]

Ask & answer questions such as: What would it be like to live here/ visit?

Have a definite concluding activity for the project that can be shared with others.

Know that you are not alone in taking action – hundreds/ thousands of other people worldwide are trying to do something about this issue (MDG’s).

Use P4C/ Community of enquiry to explore this issue

Research

Explore & map (SPACE), use Google Earth

Explore through picture books/ video etc

TEACHING TOOLKIT

Sense impressions

5 W’s

Making pairs

Most Likely to ...

Living Graphs

Start with a photo

Using Artefacts

Google Maps (Earth)

Quikmaps/ Scribble Maps

Further research & new enquiry

Decide on your personal actions

Involve children in evaluation

What will we do? What will the children do?

How will I inform my thinking How will I inform my thinking and find teaching resources and find teaching resources about:about:

Photos: Simon Collis http://geographychampions.ning.com/photo/albums/costa-rica

In 1994 I visited the Peruvian rainforest (part of a longer Peru trip)

Amazon rainforest catchment area. Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Lodge.

http://www.tambopatalodge.com/

Photo Wendy North

Among others: Tropical World – Roundhay Park Leeds

http://www.roundhaypark.org.uk/tropical-world-leeds/index.html

Birmingham Botanical Garden The Living Rainforest (near J13 of M4) -

http://www.livingrainforest.org/ The Eden Project

http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/working_with_schools/

World Wildlife Fund

http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/penan the film is about logging and oil palm cultivation which is destroying the lands of the people of Sarawak – it links to the Borneo newspaper article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/borneo-indonesia-rainforest-illegal-logging

Searching for video clips is a very time consuming activity.

WHAT YOU WANT THE VIDEO FOR? (What will it help children to feel/think?)

Look for recommendations from other people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ BBC Class Clips

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/images-of-a-tropical-rainforest-biome/3205.html

Videos from the BBC are also available on Vimeo and You Tube

Search BBC rainforest

http://vimeo.com/4103904

Rainforest Animals and Plant life in the Amazon jungle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xN7bPTz7gw

http://vimeo.com/12765487

The opening minute is particularly useful for younger children

http://vimeo.com/14339525

Search for Creative Commons licensed content: http://search.creativecommons.org/

USE A MAP Google Earth –

needs downloading onto your computer

Google Maps – online Resource

Bing Maps

CREATE A MAP Quikmaps

Scribble Maps

Download from: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Manaus&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.970501,29.970703&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Manaus+-+Amazonas,+Brazil&t=h&z=8

http://www.bing.com/maps/

Sue Waters Cairns Set : http://www.flickr.com/photos/suewaters/sets/72157622663070770/with/4047436751/

Guided tour through the rainforest

www.rainforestconcern.org/education_resources

http://www.rainforestconcern.org/tour/rfc_guide.htm

Photographs of the world’s rainforests – Nature Conservancy

www.nature.org/rainforests/explore/photos.html

Rainforest sounds www.christiananswers.net/ki

ds/sounds.html#Christian%20Answers%20Sounds

An interactive site from the Rainforest Alliance - match animals and plants to the layers of the rainforest.

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/treehouse/jewelsoftheearth/index.html

Living in the Guatemalan Rainforest – feels a little dated

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/treehouse/myworld/index.html

Stories from the Rainforest http://www.rainforest-

alliance.org/education.cfm?id=rainforest_stories

Free resources from world Land Trust (sponsored by Mall)

http://www.free-teaching-resources.co.uk/article45440820042009.shtml

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/Teacher%20resources

ARKive www.arkive.org Videos, images and

fact files of the world’s plant and animal species.

Tropical rainforest animals

www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml

Slideshare http://

www.slideshare.net/ search Rain forest

Lots of very similar slideshows available – some by children. Generally very fact based presentations – possibly useful for images. Not the kinds of things I’d want to share with years 3 & 4 – at least initially – though you might ADAPT

TES Resources websitehttp://www.tes.co.uk/ SEARCH for `Rainforest’

then primary

Very popular as fellow teachers often provides ready made resources. But be prepared to ADAPT

Ask yourself: Is it clear what the teacher wants the children to learn? Is this what I’m looking for?

Hamilton Trust planning on the TES website – cross-curricular