The Tropical Rain Forests; Where You get to be the detective

The RainForests

The Tropical Rain Forests. . .

Lesson Plan #119

Teacher: Miss Katherine Victoria VanAnderland,

Original Copy

Date: 8/01/2020

Overview & Purpose

Our rain forests are depleting and they need to be advocated for as they provide our world with so much oxygen and ecosystems for the rest of the world. It is our role to learn about the rainforests and be educated about it; to advocate for them.

Education Standards

1. Reading Skills

2. Comprehension Skills

3. Problem Solving Skills

Objectives

1. Learn about all the facets to the Rain Forrest

2. Read about the different animals in the Rainforest

3. Why are rainforests so important?

4. Why are rainforests being cut down?

Materials Needed

1. https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/reading-comp/5th-rainforest1_RAINF.pdf

2. http://stateoftherainforest.regnskogfondet.no/uploads/docs/StateOfTheRainforest_lo.pdf

3. https://personal.utdallas.edu/~pujana/latin/PDFS/Lecture%2019-%20Rain%20Forests.pdf

4. https://saintdorothy.org/documents/2016/3/Saving%20the%20Rain%20Forest%20in%20PDF.pdf

5. https://livingrainforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/before-you-visit-rainforest-worksheets.pdf

6. https://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/media.ashx/rainforest-action-pack-in-house-print.pdf

7. http://rainforest.thinkport.org/docs/Rainforest-Detective-Notebook.pdf

8. https://www.rainforestconcern.org/resources/downloads/RFBook_hi-res.pdf

9. https://www.saverfn.org/files/2413/7910/4984/Two-Decades-in-the-Rainforest.pdf

10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vijLre760w

11. https://youtu.be/_UbDeqPdUek

12. https://youtu.be/O4U82acBdC8

13. https://youtu.be/RzqzB-7Gejc

14. https://youtu.be/uIKJgxbhAzM

Verification

Steps to check for student understanding

1. Write your state representative of the house and senate to save them

2. Write a letter to the President Donald J. Trump

3. Give a presentation about your favorite part of what you learned

Activity

Describe activity that will reinforce the lesson

Use Materiale #7 to investigate the rainforest and complete the packet.