Procedure: In this lesson, students will look at a range of sites to explore rainforests. Students summarise findings in ClarisWorks. These are some of the things found in a rainforest. These are some of things living in a rainforest.
| Images
Trees, jungles and forests Rivers and waterfalls |
Procedure: In this lesson, students will look at the Internet to discover the location of rainforests. They will then insert a map of the world, from clip art, into ClarisWorks, and using drawing tools to colour these locations. Students may need a printout of the map to assist this activity. Labelling will follow.
| Location
of rainforests
Global rainforests Where are Australia's rainforests? |
Procedure: In this lesson, children will examine the structure of the rainforest. They will then copy and paste a picture from the internet site into a ClarisWorks document and draw the picture using drawing tools. This lesson will take two sessions, the first one to introduce drawing tools, and the second one to apply these skills.
| Rainforest
layers
Rainforest layers and animals |
Procedure: In this lesson, children will examine the animals of the rainforest using the Internet sites below. They will choose two animals from each of the following classifications: amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, insects, and copy and paste these images into a ClarisWorks document. Pictures should be of similar size and arranged in a grid pattern. Two copies to be printed. Students use printouts to play 'Memory' game.
| Animals
live in different layers
Animals of the rainforest Amazon wildlife |
Procedure: In this lesson, children will connect to a range of sites to investigate destruction of rainforests and action they can take. They then type a list of things that they can personally do to help save rainforests (use heading Things I can do at home and at school to help save rainforests, plus bullet point format).
Procedure: (1) Examine images of people living in the rainforest. Ask questions: How are their buildings different from ours? What vehicles are commonly used for travel? Where do you think their food comes from? What construction materials are used? (2) Examine the link 'The rainforest people'. Discuss dangers to indigenous people. (3) Examine link 'Who lives in the rainforest?' (4) Brainstorm characteristics of 3 indigenous groups named at this site. Have children prepare a concept map about 3 indigenous groups which shows two characteristics unique to each group.
| Images
of living in the rainforest
The indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest The rainforest people Who lives in the rainforest? |
Process: Brainstorm with students for five
words associated with the word RAINFOREST. Find five words associated
with each of these five concepts. Discuss interdependence in the
rainforest.
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by Cheryl
Kerr, Beenleigh State School, Queensland, Australia.
