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Rain Forest- Did You Know Cards

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, students complete 2 rain forest, "Do You Know..." cards. They see a clip art graphic of a toucan and a tree frog on the cards.
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Rain Forest Animals Crossword

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science and language arts worksheet, students complete a 16 word crossword puzzle about rain forest animals. Each clue is a hint to identify an animal of the rain forest. There is no word bank. Answers are provided on page 2.
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Rainforest Data

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geography learning exercise, students use the climate data given to create a temperature line graph and rainfall bar graph for each of three locations given. Then they use an atlas to compare their graphs and draw conclusions...
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Rainforest People

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geography worksheet, students read an excerpt about the rainforest people. Then, they respond to four short answer questions related to these people. Students explain what survival lessons the people learned from each other and...
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Rain Forest Crafts

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest craft worksheet students trace the provided patterns to make feather birds and scaly snakes. Note: felt, feathers and tissue paper is needed.
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Rain Forest Journal

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest journal worksheet students use the decorated paper to keep a daily journal. Students pretend they are on a journey into the rain forest.
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The Rain Forest in Photographs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest worksheet students enjoy looking at 8 photographs. Students read the detailed captions which accompany each photograph.
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Bird Line Drawing

For Students K - 1st
In this tropical bird worksheet, students color a detailed picture of an unidentified rain forest bird. There are no directions or word labels.
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Survey: What is Your Favorite Rainforest Animal?

For Students 1st
In this favorite rainforest animal survey worksheet, 1st graders will survey their classmates about which animal is their favorite. There are 12 animal choices. Students will record responses by making tally marks.
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RAIN FOREST

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this essay-writing worksheet, students are given illustrations of a bird, 2 snakes, a lemur (?) and a frog, Lines are provided for students to write an essay.
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Rain Forest Animals Word Cards

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest animal cards worksheet, students study and cut apart 28 word cards, all pertaining to the rain forest animals.
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Life Cycles in the Rain Forest Research

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this life cycles in the rain forest research worksheet, students use reference materials and the Internet to collect information about the life cycles of animals that live in the rain forest. They fill in the name of the animal and...
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The Importance of the Rainforest

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry while listening to Tropical Rainforest music. They name all the speaking animals in the book and list each of the reasons the animals gave for not cutting down the tree. They then...
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Balanced Literacy Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review all the materials they've studied about the rain forest and begin to organize their research paper by choosing a topic. They begin by rereading the introductory book, "The Great Kapok Tree," by Lynne Cherry as well...
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Rainforest Caterpillars Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are told that after they discuss and examine of rainforest caterpillars, they are going to create their own rainforest caterpillar based on the information they have studied. They are given the habitat scenarios on 3x5 cards.
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Rain Forest Stencils

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore animals of the rain forest. They create a drawing of an animal in the rain forest. Students research the animal and write a paragraph about the animal. They use a stencil to create a picture of a rain forest animal.
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Rainforest Animal Illustrations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover what is meant by the term endangered species. After reading a book, they use a document camera to view pictures of each endangered species mentioned. In groups, they are assigned one animal by their teacher and...
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Rainforest Adventures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners study the vegetation and types of animals that live in the rainforest. They role-play their favorite rainforest animals and write letters from the viewpoint of their favorite animals. After writing their letters, they view a...
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Investigating Tropical Birds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate tropical birds. They write letters for rain forest preservation to protect tropical birds. They interview a bird professional from a local bird store or a zoo and discuss how to take care of a parrot. They use Kid...
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The Rainforest

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the five different layers of the rainforest. They conduct research to find details pertaining to the animals and the interactions of the existing food chain in each layer of the forest. Students construct a...
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Rain Forest Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils research rainforest animals from the book The Great Kapok Tree. They create an animal presentation using PowerPoint. Pupils demonstrate their comprehension of the interdependence of the animals, people, and plants in the...
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A Colorful Rainforest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of birds that make their home in the tropical rainforest. In groups, they use a template of a tropical bird and use color to identify each physical feature. They use the internet to research...
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Extinction Is Forever

For Teachers K - 8th
Students observe models of two kinds of forests with low and high biodiversity. They observe and record the effects of habitat destruction or extinction rates. They also conduct research about mass extinction like that of the ancient...
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Reading Through Rainforests

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners investigate the concept of the rainforest through the use of nonfiction texts. The teacher reads to the class to give some information. Then they read their own books to find further information and perform the follow activities...