Bernhard Moos School
and
Frances S. Rocha Branch School

Mini-Quest Lesson by Mrs. Sotomayor, Mrs. Cameron,

Ms. Washington and Ms. Santiago

Rainforest

Standards for Grade Level(s): 4 http.www.isbe.state.il.us/ils

State Goal #

Area

CAS Letter

CFS Number(s)

5

Language Arts

A

1-6

12

Science

E

1-2

C

D

Task:

You will be part of Save the Rain Forest Team. The Rain Forest is very important in order to prepare you for the 21st century. Tropical forests once covered 15.3 billion acres reduced through cutting and clearing by 210 million acres between 1985-1990.Your tasks is to convince the public to stop destroying the rainforest. Your job is to develop a plan in order to save the animals and plants in the rainforest. Each group will present the plan to the class.

Process:

Students will be divided into five groups. They will be assigned different roles:

Environmentalist: You will study the environment of the rainforest.

Zoologist: You will find out about the animals of the rainforest.

Anthropologist: You will study ancient tribes in the rainforest.

Botanist: You will find out about the various plants and how they

are used for medicinal purposes.

Resources:

Title/URL	Description
http://www.ran.org/kids_action/s06_animals.html	Good site for rainforest animals
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/res2/animals.html	Great site for rainforest animals
http://www.edu.pe.ca/fortune/animal.htm	Great site for rainforest animals
http://www.rainforestsafari.com/about.html	Jaguars are endangered
El Yunque	Puerto Rico
A Field Trip to the Rainforest

Scaffolding Lessons:

Cyberhunt

Assessment:

Rubric

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