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Tropical Rainforest (1992) A Homeschool Learning Network® Learning Guide Format: DVD Age Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Genre: Documentary Category: Science : Agriculture / Gardening Rating: NR Length: 40 minutes Producer: Science Museum of Minnesota and IMAX Warnings:

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Summary

Vocabulary (Grades 1-12) Try the following activities with the vocabulary words to the right. Depending on the age and ability of your students, they may be able to complete assignments from multiple grade levels. 1-2: Ask your students to copy the following words in alphabetical order,

and to describe each of the words verbally. Practice spelling. 3-5: Look up each word in a dictionary, and write down its definition.

Write each word in a sentence, or write a paragraph using the words. 6-8: Write a description or review about this DVD using the vocabulary

words. Above each vocabulary word, write N if it is a noun, V if it is a verb; ADJ if it is an adjective; ADV if it is an adverb.

9-12: Write down words you hear in the video you don’t understand. Break the words into parts and see if you can determine the meanings. Look up the meanings.

Vocabulary Fungi Static Humid Equator Camouflage Organism Evolution Species Botanists Entomologists Epiphytes

Take a magical and peaceful journey through 400 million years within the rainforest as this film shows you the diversity and beauty of life there. It features birds, primates, flowering plants, and trees, and brings us to the present day to illustrate how humans are now affecting rainforests, and how we might be able to salvage them. Follow researchers deep into the rainforest as you witness treetop panoramas and life atop the rainforest ceiling! This film allows you to appreciate the beauty of the rainforest. Dialogue is sparse and poignant to make this DVD interesting and valuable to students of all ages.

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Discussion Questions Ask students to read through their questions carefully before watching the film, and take notes during the film. After watching it, ask students to write their answers to the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Learning Styles: Auditory, Verbal Intelligences: Verbal/Linguistic, Interpersonal Elementary 1. What is the “static life” of a forest? 2. What types of reptiles did you see in this film? 3. What types of amphibians? 4. What types of mammals? 5. Are there seasons in the rainforest? 6. How do birds help the rainforest? Intermediate 1. What is the “fabric of the forest”? 2. Name five rainforests mentioned in this film. 3. How long do trees in the rainforest live? 4. What has happened within the last 200 years? 5. What percent of the earth is covered with rainforest? Advanced 1. Describe evolution as it is explained in this film. 2. Explain an example of the rainforest recycling itself. 3. What are epiphytes? How many species live at the tops of trees?

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Lessons & Activities Map Facts: Mapping the Rainforest Subjects: Science, Geography, Math Grades: 3-12 Style: Visual/Experiential/Kinesthetic Concepts: You will locate the rainforests on a map of the world and learn facts about forest geography. Lesson: Using the resources below and the world map on the following page, study world maps that depict the rainforest regions found either in your home world atlas or through one of our resource links. Once you have studied the data presented on these maps, fill in the rainforest regions on the world map. Resources: Vanishing Rainforests Map http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids&teachers/kids/activities/remarkable-rainforest/vanishing.html This map shows some of the most endangered rainforests in the world. The map shows what percent of the rainforest was left in these areas at the beginning of this decade. Regional Maps from Raintree Nutrition, Inc.

• Brazil http://www.rain-tree.com/graphics/brazil.gif • Central America http://www.rain-tree.com/graphics/centralamerica.gif • South America http://www.rain-tree.com/graphics/s_america-map.gif • Africa http://www.rain-tree.com/graphics/africa.gif • Australia http://www.rain-tree.com/graphics/australia.gif • Asia http://www.rain-tree.com/graphics/asia.gif

Help with Rainforest School Reports http://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm A list of great links for online rainforest maps from Raintree Nutrition, Inc. Other Activities: Choose two of the rainforests that you have identified, and write a research paper on one of the following topics, using the Help with Rainforest School Reports link listed above: • Plant-based drugs of the _________________ Rainforest

• ___________________ Rainforest Facts and Figures

• A Day in the _____________________ Rainforest

• Animals of the ______________________ Rainforest

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Learn More! Books and Online Resources BOOKS Pratt, Kristin. A Walk in the Rainforest. Dawn Publications. ISBN 1878265539. Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Voyager Picture Book. ISBN 0152026142. Silver, Donald M., and Patricia J. Wynne. Tropical Rain Forest (One Small Square). McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. ISBN 0070580510. Chinery, Michael. Plants and Planteaters (Secrets of the Rain Forest). Crabtree Publications. ISBN 0778702189. ONLINE RESOURCES Encarta-Rain Forest http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761552810 This two-page encyclopedia article from Encarta contains a very complete and easy to understand description of the rainforest, its structure, the plants and animals, and much more. ZOOM Rainforest http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/ Zoom Rainforest is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about tropical and temperate rainforests. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. Rain Bird Rain Forest Curriculum http://www.rainbird.com/DisplayList.asp?Record=090002DF-461C-44BD-971F-6B3C1E97BD46 Using this site, you can access activities and demonstrations to use for teaching scientific aspects of the Earth's endangered rainforests. Smithsonian Institute's Map Rain Forests in South America http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/sa/map79.htm Great black and white maps that you can print out. Rainforests: Lungs of the Planet http://www.ran.org/info_center/ The Rain Forest Action Network presents fact sheets, conservation information, and teaching resources about the rainforest in this very rich site.

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Welcome to the Jungle http://www.bcrescue.org/rainforests.html Take a virtual trip into the rainforest. Learn about rebuilding the rainforest, the Amazon, and “tropical nights”. Gander Academy Tropical Rainforest Theme http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rforest.htm Many, many links to sites that will answer all of your questions about the rainforest. Learning About Rainforests http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/preserve.html This site has sections on rainforest maps, plants, animals and people of the rainforest.

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY:

Elementary 1. Fungi, trees and plants—things that do not move. 2. Snakes, lizards 3. Frogs 4. Bats, lemurs, monkeys, apes 5. No. 6. They spread seeds and fruits through the forest. Intermediate 1. Trees. 2. Answers will vary. Some answers may include: Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Queensland, India,

Madagascar, Amazon, Burma, Thailand, Congo. 3. 100 years or more. 4. Man has introduced ways of using trees that have greatly reduced the rainforests. 5. 7%; 90% Advanced 1. Offspring of the parents are always slightly different. These variations happen naturally. When

a variation happens that creates a slight advantage for a species, that species tends to thrive and create more offspring with that variation.

2. A tree lives for 100 years, and then falls. Termites eat the wood, and the tree “returns to the earth”. Soon, new trees sprout where the old tree was, filling the canopy once more. Ants bring leaves to feed fungi; the fungi break down the leaves to a form of food that the ants eat.

3. They are plants that derive their moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and grow usually on other plants. 28,000.

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