Students learn about topics and gain information through visual means as well as through the hands-on approach. Third grade students science unit on the life in the Rain forest. The inhabitants of the rain forest are interesting, endangered, and in some cases only found in that biome fount on the planet. Animals, birds, reptiles, and insects are some of the most colorful and interesting. Students have been studying the rain forest and have prior knowledge about the rain forest already.
Students look at books and pictures of rain forest species.
Read the story, The Great Kapok Tree and show them pictures of the creatures of the rain forest. Students sketch creatures on white paper, trace with black crayon, and color using fluorescent crayons. Once this is done, students paint black, blue, purple, or green watercolor on to the crayon drawing and let dry. Students can add additional things such as pop-up shapes to the rain forest or mount on another paper and decorate with a pattern. The Great Kapok Tree - A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry, Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publ.