Phase+5

Prepare the Instructional Environment Virtual Tour of the Rainforest Where do we begin? The classroom! Equipment: We will need to reserve and use the laptop carts/computer lab for the first four days. We will need to use the projector and a laptop or computer for days four and five, and a Flip camera and projector for day 5. A glog has been made for each day's journey, with several videos, games and maps for the children to peruse at their own speed. When finished, the students will move to a drawing and writing 'center' that has been set up with markers, colored pencils, writing pencils, oil pastels and chalk pastels for observational drawing and writing. Samples of photos of rainforest animals and plants from the internet will be printed out and placed on the center's table. The students will need their journal pages for drawing and writing, and any additional 8 1/2" X 11" blank pages that they want to add to their journals. We expected each day's journey and journal writing/drawing to take approximately one hour.

Equipment, websites and materials will be tested before use by the instructors and tech personnel.

Print out student journal : http://questgarden.com/102/66/0/100428172855/process.htm Click on 'Travel Journal'. Day 1: What is a tropical rainforest? What is the climate and weather like? Where are the rainforests located? Virtual tour glog location :http://susieprod.edu.glogster.com/glog-1286/ //Day 2: // //What plants and animals call the rainforest home?// // Virtual tour glog location: http://susieprod.edu.glogster.com/glog-3678/ // //Images for plants:http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Images+of+rainforest+plants&oe=// //Images for animals:http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Images+of+rainforest+animals&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=// //Day 3 :// //What products come from the tropical rainforest? Who are the people who live there?// // Virtual tour glog: http://susieprod.edu.glogster.com/glog-9814/ // //Day 4: // //What was your favorite part of the journey to the rainforest?// // Virtual tour glog:http://susieprod.edu.glogster.com/glog-3834/ // //Journal cover design: http://www.janbrett.com/mural_umbrella/umbrella_mural.htm// //Day 5: // //Rainforest party// // Food/music/rainforest dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMH3tWdXN4I&feature=related// //'Interview' by journalist (student or teacher), filmed and compiled for rainforest movie//

Suggestions //The rainforest unit can be extended in many ways. The classroom can be decorated like a rainforest, with plants hanging from ceiling to floor. Rainforest music can be played while the children work at the drawing/writing center. A story can be written, with each journal 'team' contributing a part of the story. Books can be read about the rainforest people and culture, like, "//Rain Forest Secrets//", by Arthur Dorros, or "//Who Lives in the Rainforest", by Susan Canizares. Rainforest crafts can be made in the art room or classroom, such as pouches out of brown paper bags or rainsticks from wrapping paper tubes. Word charts can be made for students to reference, and rhyming words about the rainforest can be found in books such as "Rumble in the Jungle". Most of all, Have Fun!

Tropical Treat Recipe for Party: Mix together in a large container:
 * 2 cups peanuts
 * 2 cups chocolate chips
 * 2 cups cashew nuts
 * 2 cups dried banana chips
 * 2 cups dried papaya
 * 2 cups Brazil or macadamia nuts
 * 2 cups coconut flakes