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The Rainforest |
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| Project Scenario: The fifth grade has been asked to
create a rainforest museum in our multi-purpose room. We are going to design and
create a virtual talking rainforest. In order to do this, we must
have an in depth understanding of the rainforest biome. To be
prepared to construct our awesome project, we will study the Maya,
plants and animals, locations and layers, and problems and
dangers of the rainforests. |
Tools and Resources: 
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| We will make use of the many fine books in our Media Center, plus books
checked out from our local libraries. We will use the Mini Lab and Room 100
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access the informational online links provided below. We will view videos on
rainforests. |
| Activities:
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| 1. Students will
complete The Second Voyage of the Mimi-The Maya (Bank Street
College Project In Science and Mathematics) |
| 2. The fifth grade
classes will travel to Brookfield Zoo to visit their virtual rainforest
exhibit. |
| 2. After
presenting the project overview, students will use the links provided on
the school website to complete their web based field trips. They will be
given report sheets to demonstrate their learning. |
| 3. After acquiring
general information on tropical rainforest biomes, students will be given
a person, animal, or plant to research in depth. They will become
part of the talking rainforest. All students will be expected to
complete a question sheet by using the website links provided. |
| 4. In math, student groups will be
given specific data relating to the rainforest. They will construct
projection graphs and form conclusions after analyzing the projected data. |
| 5. In language arts,
student groups will write original poems and/or song lyrics about a
rainforest plant, animal, or issue. |
| 6. Student teams will produce a visual
poster. These posters may inform about any of the following: rainforest
products, medicinal uses of plants, greenhouse effect, slash and burn
farming, types of rainforests, locations of rainforests, facts about
rainforests, housing, etc. These informational posters will be presented
to their classmates and displayed in the multi-purpose room. |
| 7. Students
will design and create a rainforest, plus dress appropriately for their
roles in their virtual talking rainforest. |
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