
Rainforest of South America
Mary Scott

This lesson will help students identify the factors that affect where
people choose to settle, the availability of transportation the climate and
resources available.
They will be able to describe how places are connected by the movement
of goods and services, ideas, and people. Students will be able to
describe
patterns of change that occur in the rainforest and describe the topography
and explain its effect on the growth of the communities within the
rainforest.
See: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/
Grade Level: 2nd
Topic: The Rainforest
Subject : Science/ Math
OBJECTIVES:
Students will to identify different kinds of
animals that live in the rainforest. Student will also see different kinds of animals in the rainforest , and see them in
their natural habitat.
ACTIVITIES:
- Be able to define the term rainforest.
- Locate areas of rainforest on the map and color them
- Do math problems that substitute a letter for each number from
the letter code to answer questions about the different kinds of
animals that live in the rainforest.
- Learn about types of clothing and foods consumed by people in the
rainforest.
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Materials:
Internet, paper, pencil, puzzles, and chalkboard
Assessment:
- What makes a rainforest different forest different any other
forest?
- What kind of animals are in the rainforest?
- What location are most rainforest found?
- Name three kinds of rainforest.
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