Friday, January 27, 2006

South America Unit Study

This study isn't completely done, but I'm posting it anyway since I probably won't finish planning it.



Map of SA
to color


I had a hard time finding
coloring pages of the animals, so I'm just going to buy a rainforest
coloring book.

Anaconda
Piranha
Peccary
Sloths
Parrot
Macaw
- coloring
page

Jaguar


Science

Terrariums


Terrariums are easy to make from plastic soda or water bottles. Have

everyone bring a bottle with the label off. Cut bottle in half. Put

pebbles and potting soil in the bottom half. Plant some small plants

and water it sparingly. Use the top half with the cap on as the lid.

Cut 4 1" places on the cut edge of the lid so as to allow it to fit

over the bottom planted part. The plants will then water themselves

from condensation on the inside of the bottle. They last a long time

without care. You add a ceramic rainforest animal.




learn about rainforest products - sugar, coffee, etc

go in the bathroom and run the shower on hot....sit in the
steam for a few minutes, to get the feel of the rainforest.

learn about the 4 levels:
The

emergent level is the top level of the rainforest. The canopy is the

next layer where monkeys, apes and exotic plants live. The canopy is

like living under a big green umbrella. The understory is the next

layer. It is the home of bats, frogs, butterflies and many other

animals. Finally is the forest floor. It's dark on the rainforest
floor

because the trees keep most of the light out.


water
cycle


Math
find or draw
a snake pattern on different colors of paper.
You

can also laminate the pieces so that you can use a dry erase marker
and

change the letters to spell new words, instead of making all new

pieces.
This

pattern can be used to review just about anything you happen to be

studying. Children will love this activity because they can get down
on

the floor and move around while making a great big
snake.
You

can also use this snake for anything that your child is studying that

has an order such as numbers, letters, books of the Bible, counting by

certain numbers, alphabetizing, etc.


Crafts
Rainforest
Mural



As a class activity, the children will be dipping their palms in green

paint to make palm prints covering several large sheets of paper. Once

dry, these will serve as a background for your class rainforest. As
you

learn about the rainforest add food, plants, and animals to your
mural.


Snake
Sock
 

white tube
sock

markers

craft
eyes

super
glue

red felt (approx
3" x 1")

Allow

the child to decorate the white tube sock snake with the markers.

Supervise the child as they cut a snake tongue from the red felt.
Super

glue craft eyes to "top" of toe end of snake. Super glue tongue where

the sock will naturally fit in the child's hand (think puppet).

Play. 

Make

binoculars with toilet paper rolls - decorate, punch holes in, and tie

together with yarn.  Tape up pictures of animals/birds, and go
for

a walk, looking for animals in the rainforest.


Parrot
craft

Sloth
craft

rain forest mobile


Food/Cooking
Buy different food found in the
rainforest: bananas, star fruit, coconut, chocolate, papaya, papaya,
bananas, mangos, etc.


Misc.
Tribal
Faces



Get a book on indigenous people of the rainforest and face paint the

children to look like the tribal people. Then string beads for tribal

necklaces.


Have students cut out animals and glue
them in the proper layer.


go on a smell hunt with food items
from the rainforest


Do 1,2,3,4,5
Fish
nursery rhyme.  
Learn about right and left hands



anteater maze
worksheet


Rainforest
Links

more
links

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for taking the time to do these. They are wonderful.


    Chrissy

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  2. That one sounds so fun.....I would have never thought of that!


    Thanks for sharing all that.....puts my little schedule to shame, LOL

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