The Rainforest


Instructional Unit
Created for Ms. Alarcon's Fourth Grade Students
 
 
 

Come join the fun and learn all about the rainforest. Look, read, listen  take a trip, and more!

Use this question as a guide: How can you use your five sences to experience the rainforest (Sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing)?
 
 
Look at this 
 Read this
Listen to this
Come along for a field trip
What can you see?
  Plants and Animals  Sounds of the Amazon  Virtual Rainforest

The concentrated green dots on the map represent what is left of our rainforests.



Notice that, South America and Africa have the highest concentrations of rainforest area.



Here are some activities about the rainforests. After viewing the sites above, click on each link and complete the activities.
 
Look at what can you see site:
Read about plants and animal: 
Listen to the sounds of the Amazon:
Visit the virtual rainforest:
Animals Hide Phrase
 Amozon Wordsearch
 Unsramble Sounds 
Matching Facts

Now that you have learned all about the rainforest, test your knowledge:
 
 
 
Rainforest Facts Quiz (Custom Classroom Assesment): Important Rainforest information to remember (Hot Potatoes Assesment):
Facts about the rainforest Rainforest Information

Here are some extra sites, if you would like to learn more about  rainforests:


Some Beautiful Art Of the Amazon:
Take an extra virtual trip:
Amazon Art 
See the sites


 
Rainforest Animal 
Coloring Pages from A-Z:
Discover how much it rains in the Ecuadorian rainforest:
Coloring rainforest animals for fun
Ecudorian Rain

Illinois State Learning Standards