The Task

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You arrive after a long flight, and land in RIO de JANEIRO. You and your friend then take a short flight to the mouth of the Amazon and land in Belem were you begin your trip up the river. You get your expert notebook out and jot down the list of information you need to find and put in your PowerPoint.

Task List using the ES Library and Rainforest Internet Resources

Get your expert notebook and your Rainforest Research Grid and work with the following tasks.

1. Name 3 or more animals and plants from the tropical rainforest and explain what layer they are found in

2. Describe the climate of tropical rainforest

3. Describe two cause and effects from tropical rainforest deforestation

4. Locate on a map or globe at least three tropical rainforests and describe their similarities of their locations

5. Name products and or raw materials from the rainforest that go into products we use globally.

6. Describe/ compare / contrast between your own community (were you live) and a South American rainforest community

Once you have collected all the Information, and made sure to correctly cite where you got this information from you will create a web with your information in Inspiration.

See an example here: Rainforest Inspiration example

This then will be turned into a PowerPoint during computer lab time

See an example here: Rainforest PowerPoint

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