Amazon Rainforest; Assessment Activities

The goal for students is to demonstrate mastery of the following concepts:

•SWBAT: define and explain the importance of our geo-terms; Bio-diversity; carbon-oxygen cycle, deforestation; sustainable development; tropical rainforest –hint, you MUST use these terms in your responses•SWBAT: Understand the various groups competing for resources in the rainforest and why “land use conflict” contributes to the challenges in the rainforest•SWBAT: Demonstrate “students ability to turn information into knowledge, THEN, knowledge into understanding”

Review of the activities

• We have read; written, discussed, argued, understood, argued some more, and LIVED the lives of 8 different groups in the Rainforest

• We have shared some BIG IDEAS• Now it is time to prove you have mastered the

material

Be sure you cover ALL the interest groups in your discussions to show you have mastered the concepts of land use conflict

Choices: There Are Many Ways To Answer The Questions. No matter what you do, you MUST use all

the Geo-Terms in your responses

• Five paragraph essay (RDF, EEE, Facts and Data, STRONG conclusion; you know the drill)

• 10 minute power point presentation – not as easy as you might think so be sure to practice

• Five Paragraph Letter to The President of Brazil • Five Paragraph Letter to President Obama• YouTube skit of Newscast

All your work MUST address what each group wants and why THEY think they have the most valid claim to it….I’ll help you out with this part

Answer ONE of these questions

• Using all the information you have on ALL interest groups; – Which one group has the most valid claim to the resources

of the rainforest?– My ideas to reducing and eliminating Land Use Conflict and

why you think they have the best chances of succeeding?– How can government satisfy all interest groups?– How am I now a better “Citizen Of The World” after

studying The Rainforest?”– “I care about The Rainforest because…..”

You must address ALL the groups claims when arguing which ONE group you think has the most valid claim

What Can You Use For Your Work?• Open Book• Independent Research• Your Notes• ISN• Your Daily Writing Prompts• Blog. I’ll Bet You Already Have All the information You

Need Right At Your Fingertips• Daily Lesson Plans

– I’m going to post some info on what I have gotten from your presentations about what each group wants and why they want it

• Anything You Can Think Of