W H A T
A Rainforest can be described as a tall, dense jungle. The reason it is called a "rain" forest is because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. The climate of a rain forest is very hot and humid so the animals and plants that exist there must learn to adapt to this climate. Believe it or not, These incredible forests cover only 6 %of the Earth's surface but yet they contain MORE THAN 1/2 of the world's plant and animal species! At least two-thirds of the world's plant species, including many exotic and beautiful flowers grow in the rainforests. Rainforests are the source of many items that we all use in our own homes! We eat several foods from the rainforest and many medicines are made from ingredients found only in these areas.
Some of the common products we know of include:
chocolate
sugar
cinnamon
rubber
medicine
pineapples
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Drowning our Experiment. READ OUR POST ON HOW WE RAINED OUT OUR EXPERIMENT!!!
Survival of the Fittest
What do YOU need to survive? absolutely and without a doubt you need water, food, and shelter (oh and oxygen ) Everything else is just extras... But there are things that we want that almost seem like necesities like shoes, and clothes, and snicker bars (well, maybe NOT!). In this activity we broke into groups of five and outlined our bodies to represent who we are in our world. In one side of the poster we wrote the things that we NEED to survive vs the things we WOULD LIKE to survive comfortably. My favorite need was God... and my favorite want was a Nintendo Wii ... We had a really good discussion about the things we take for granted and the things that come out of the rainforest that make our lives so much the richer and comfortable.
God our main "NEED"
It's a Jungle in Here!
our classroom...
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