The Rainforest The Rainforest Breanne VassarBreanne VassarAndrea MartinezAndrea MartinezRaeAnn StaabRaeAnn Staab

Nuts and BoltsNuts and Bolts

Title: The RainforestTitle: The Rainforest

Grade Level: 3rd GradeGrade Level: 3rd Grade Easily adapted for any grade levelEasily adapted for any grade level

Stage of Child Development: Schematic Stage of Child Development: Schematic StageStage

Definite order in space, demonstration of Definite order in space, demonstration of baseline, schema representing child’s baseline, schema representing child’s knowledge on concept of subjectknowledge on concept of subject

Objectives: What does a Objectives: What does a rainforest look like? rainforest look like?

Students will observe photographs of different rainforests Students will observe photographs of different rainforests of the worldof the world

Students will create a picture replica of a rainforest Students will create a picture replica of a rainforest including appropriate plant and animal life including appropriate plant and animal life

Students will write an explanation of the replicaStudents will write an explanation of the replica

Prior KnowledgePrior Knowledge

Before this lesson Before this lesson students will have students will have learned: learned:

Which organisms are Which organisms are located in the located in the RainforestRainforest

Why certain Why certain organisms can organisms can survive in the survive in the Rainforest type of Rainforest type of environmentenvironment

How the organisms How the organisms relate to one another relate to one another (food chains)(food chains)

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Following this Lesson: Following this Lesson:

Students will have Students will have completed their own completed their own replica of the rainforestreplica of the rainforest

Students will critique each Students will critique each others work based upon others work based upon how accurately a how accurately a rainforest is being rainforest is being depicted (components) depicted (components) and not artistic abilityand not artistic ability

Students will write a Students will write a descriptive explanation of descriptive explanation of their replica, using correct their replica, using correct grammar, punctuation, grammar, punctuation, and descriptive adjectives.and descriptive adjectives.

Materials Materials Construction paperConstruction paper

MarkersMarkers

CrayonsCrayons

PaintPaint

Shoe boxesShoe boxes

StringString

TapeTape

GlueGlue

Whatever you have! Whatever you have!

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Artists of the RainforestArtists of the Rainforest

http://www.rainforestartists.com

AdaptationsAdaptations

This lesson lends itself nicely to all students. This lesson lends itself nicely to all students. Students create their own replicaStudents create their own replica There is no right/wrong as long as you can There is no right/wrong as long as you can

defend your work and show how it relates to defend your work and show how it relates to what we have learned about the Rainforestwhat we have learned about the Rainforest

The guidelines of the assignment are flexible to The guidelines of the assignment are flexible to the abilities of the studentsthe abilities of the students

AssessmentAssessment

The replicas along with The replicas along with the descriptions will be the descriptions will be assessed based on the assessed based on the following: following: Accuracy in replica: Accuracy in replica:

Would you see these Would you see these organisms in a rainforest?organisms in a rainforest? Remember we said it’s Remember we said it’s

not to be assessed on not to be assessed on ability, but effort and ability, but effort and accuracy accuracy

Does the description Does the description contain accurate contain accurate grammar, punctuation, grammar, punctuation, and spelling? and spelling?

Safety Safety

Students must be careful when you using Students must be careful when you using scissors and other art supplies during this lessonscissors and other art supplies during this lesson

Be careful/aware of others working around youBe careful/aware of others working around you

Everyone pitches in and helps to clean-upEveryone pitches in and helps to clean-up Assign jobs to the students: 1 student ensures all the Assign jobs to the students: 1 student ensures all the

paint is put away, another ensures the extra paper is paint is put away, another ensures the extra paper is saved, another collects scissors, etc….everyone has saved, another collects scissors, etc….everyone has a joba job