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Fifth grade students of Treasure Hills Elementary in Harlingen, Texas, have adopted many acres of different tropical rain forest across the globe through "Adopt an Acre" sponsored by a Texas based save the earth foundation. Each year students in fifth grade take an area of study and create an in-depth presentation for the other grade levels at Treasure Hills Elementary. In addition to the presentation, a tropical rain forest is created in the fifth grade hall for tours. The unit is created by the following teachers of Fifth Grade: Lynda Harden, Diane Henderson, Geney Stanteen, Jennifer Tyler and librarian, Vicki Galbreath. We invite your comments or suggestions. Please contact one
of the above teachers.
INTRODUCTION
TASKS
The application for enployment should be filled out and returned to your teacher. Team 1: Weather You are a meteorologist and you will research the effect of the atmospheric conditions caused by the shrinking of the rain forest. You will be responsible for preparing information through a product to relate the information gathered to present to other students taking the rainforest tour. Click here to download the chart that you will use to record your findings. Click to download the vocabulary activity that each student will be responsible for completing. After each individual has completed a fact sheet, then each group will compile the information into one fact chart. From this fact chart, the group will select the five most important facts to prepare their project. http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome
Team 2: People You are a sociologist studying the effects of the shrinking rain forest on the indigenous population of the rain forest. You will be responsible for preparing information through a product to relate the information gathered to present to other students taking the rainforest tour. Click here to download the chart that you will use to record your findings. Click to download the vocabulary activity that each student will be responsible for completing. After each individual has completed a fact sheet, then each group will compile the information into one fact chart. From this fact chart, the group will select the five most important facts to prepare their project. http:www.synapse.net/~tropical Team 3: Conservation You are a conservationist investigating the effects of deforestation of the habitat. You will study what can be done to enact reforestation to provide habitat reconstruction. You will be responsible for preparing information through a product to relate the information gathered to present to other students taking the rainforest tour. Click here to download the chart that you will use to record your findings. Click to download the vocabulary activity that each student will be responsible for completing. After each individual has completed a fact sheet, then each group will compile the information into one fact chart. From this fact chart, the group will select the five most important facts to prepare their project. http://forests.org/ric/children/chlinks.htm
Team 4: Food and Medicine You are a botanist studying the food and medicinal products of the tropical rain forest. You will study what products grow in the rain forest that provide food and medicine for our world. You will be responsible for preparing information through a product to relate the information gathered to present to other students taking the rainforest tour. Click here to download the chart that you will use to record your findings. Click to download the vocabulary activity that each student will be responsible for completing. After each individual has completed a fact sheet, then each group will compile the information into one fact chart. From this fact chart, the group will select the five most important facts to prepare their project. http://www.rain-tree.com/product.htm
Team 5: Plants and Animals You are a zoologist studying the mutualism of the relationship between plants and animals. You will investigate how animals and plants co-exist through mutual interaction. You will be responsible for preparing information through a product to relate the information gathered to present to other students taking the rainforest tour. Click here to download the chart that you will use to record your findings. Click to download the vocabulary activity that each student will be responsible for completing. After each individual has completed a fact sheet, then each group will compile the information into one fact chart. From this fact chart, the group will select the five most important facts to prepare their project. http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/rainfor/
Team 6: Other Products You are an economist studying the products (other than food and medicine) that are derived from the tropical rain forest. You will investigate the impact extracting and merchandising the total rain forest. You will be responsible for preparing information through a product to relate the information gathered to present to other students taking the rainforest tour. Click here to download the chart that you will use to record your findings. Click to download the vocabulary activity that each student will be responsible for completing. After each individual has completed a fact sheet, then each group will compile the information into one fact chart. From this fact chart, the group will select the five most important facts to prepare their project. http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/daily-use.html
Offline Resources: Books:
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LEARNING ADVICE
Click here to review the evaluation instrument.
A rainforest tour will be prepared by the fifth-grade students of Treasure Hills at the conclusion of this webquest. Students throughout the school will be invited to visit for "hand-on" experiences. We invite comments or suggestions for improvement to our webquest.
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Work individually to complete
fact sheet
