Hi, my name is the Keel-Billed Toucan.
Welcome to the Tropical Rain Forest.
Now that you have reached your destination,your challenge
will consist of becoming a detective in a research group
to discover the answers to important questions about the
Tropical Rain Forest. You will be assigned a specific job
to collect data on one question regarding the animals,
plants, products, weather, or conservation of the Rain
Forest.
When your group has completed their detective work, you
will be responsible to museum your information.As Rain
Forest reporters, you will share your data with the entire
class.
Each of you will be assigned a different group to research
a topic. Then you will explore different internet sites to
answer one specific question using details.
The group roles and questions are as follows:
EXPLORERS: Where is the Tropical Rain Forest located?
Hint: The Tropical Rain Forest is found
in many places in the World. Use the names of the continents
on the x axis and the number of Tropical Rain forests in each
continent on the y axis.
BOTANISTS: What kinds of plants are in the Tropical Rain
Forest?
Hint: Use the layers of the rain forest for the x axis
and the number of types of plants you find in each layer for
the y axis.
BIOLOGISTS: What animals live in the Tropical Rain Forest?
Hint: Use the layers of the rain forest for the x axis
and the number of types of animals you find in each layer
for the y axis.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS: What valuable products do we get from
the Tropical Rain Forest?
Hint: Use the types of products
as the x axis and the number of each type of product on the y
axis.
METEOROLOGISTS: Describe the weather in the Tropical Rain
Forest.
Hint: You may need more than one graph to describe
all of the elements of weather.
ACTIVISTS: What can you do to convince people to help save
the Tropical Rain Forest?
Hint: You can write a letter,
make a poster, create a brochure.
