Respect for NatureRespect for Nature

A Rainbow of FriendshipComenuis Project

May2012

St Sylvester’s PrimaryElgin, Scotland

We would like to learn…

What is a rainforest?

Where would you find them and where is the biggest?

What is special or precious about them?

What is the weather like?

What animal and plant species live in Rainforests?

Do people live there?

Why are the rainforests in dangerand what can we do to help?

Learning Intentions…

Children will develop these skills… Interpreting maps Understand environmental impact of human activity/ develop

respect for natural world. Using voice and musical instruments to communicate ideas. Creating visual art Writing skills/ creative and functional Science-Classify Living things Using Technology to research and record ideas. Teamwork/ expressing ideas/ compromise Evaluate and assess own progress/ learn form and advise

others in their learning

Methods

Cross Curricular Collaborative Work Personal Research Active Learning Using Technology Peer /Self Assessment

Where are the Rainforests?

Using ICT

Personal Research Titles

Climate Wildlife Plants and Trees Tribes Medicines Destruction of the

Rainforests Conservation of the

Rainforests

Making our Fact Files…

25.4.12 Layers of the Rainforest

Your Task Create an annotated diagram to

show the 4 layers of a rainforest. On each stage write a sentence or

two about what it is like in each layer.

Success Criteria It is clear and well presented. The colours are realistic I can explain my diagram and

answer questions about it

New Vocabulary

30.4.12 The Rainforest

We are learning to - Write a report

Success Criteria Include a good introduction Facts only- no opinions Capital letters and full stops Neat presentation Relevant Diagrams Sub headings- Where are the Rainforests?

Climate The layers of the Rainforest

` Animal and Plant Species

Reports

21.5.12 Save the Rainforests

We are learning to– write a persuasive text.

Task – Write a piece for “Friends of the Earth” magazine which persuades people that the Rainforests are important and should be protected. List any ways people can help to save the Rainforests at the end of the article.

Success CriteriaLots of factsYou can also use opinion to help persuade.List the advantages of the Rainforests.Make things sound easy for peopleLet them know what will happen if they don’t help.Capital letters, full stopsUse technical words.Add illustrations which you think will help to persuade

Tropical Flowers

Oil Pastel Drawings

Painting…

Poetry

Web Resources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3W11G4In0

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6823287/video/45563477-amazon-rainforest-quot-i-m-yours-quot-by-jason-mraz

In the Rainforest…

Deep in the Amazon RainforestAway from the world as we know itSounds and sights so mysterious,Assault my senses as I walk…I see enormous, exotic treesI hear humming birds flapping in the

breeze.Twigs snapping, tiger’s growlingDolphins clicking, monkey’s howling,Tribes dancing, drums beating,Sloths snoring, crocs eating.These sights and sounds you’re sure to

hear…Then you know the Amazon is really near!

Our Sound Poem…Children choose percussion instruments to represent the sounds of the forest…

Facts we learned…

Our Displays…

Working in Groups…

Group Posters…

Group Points…

Save the rainforests…

We decided to make some things to sell at our summer fete in order to donate them to the Save the Rainforest Fund.

We decided we would need…

Items to sell- Calendars,?

Posters to advertise the stall

Information about the rainforests for people to read.

http://kids.mongabay.com/

Making a poster..

Our Rainforest Pledge

We believe that the rainforest is a storehouse of treasures.

We vow to do everything we can to save it. With the vanishing rainforest goes the future of

our planet. We have to be the generation that makes a

difference!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qahmr0STIVQ