Research in groups one
rainforest each -
Geography.
Climates - Exploring
climates compared with us.
Health and Wellbeing
Healthy foods which
may come from plants
and trees within the
rainforest - Possibly a
fruit tasting session -
Could be followed by a
sense poem linking to
literacy.
HWB 2-35b
Run through the Jungle
game - Children must act out
a rainforest animal and avoid
imaginary objects - PE and
links to Drama.
HWB 2-21a
RME
Groups of people
who live in the
rainforest - traditions,
religions etc.
Literacy
Conservation of the
Rainforest - Write letters
and create information
leaflets to make people
aware of rainforest
conservation.
Lit 2-20a
Lit 2-22a
Lit 2-23a
Create a writing
piece about school
trip to zoo.
Lit 2-22a
Lit 2-23a
Fruit tasting
sense poem.
Lit 2-24a
Maths
Measuring rainfall
- Graph making -
Could incorporate
outdoor learning -
measuring our
rainfall.
MNU 2-11b
MNU 2-20a
Temperatures -
Possibly compared
with Scotland's
tempreatures
Problem Solving -
If this many acres
of the rainforest is
destroyed in one
year, how many
acres will be left in
20 years?
Research
opportunities also.
Expressive Arts
Art
Create your
own rainforest -
use appropriate
materials. Links
to sciences.
EXA 2-02a
Creating animal
masks. - Could be
used in opera.
Henri Rousseau's
work on portraying
rainforests - Use his
techniques to create
rainforest artwork.
EXA 2-02a
EXA 2-03a
Turn the classroom into
a rainforest - Could
invite parents to take a
tour and children are
tour guides to show
what they have learned.
Music
Slim McBride
and the Lost
Tribe (Scottish
Opera).
EXA 2-17a
Use chart song and
change the words to
relate to the
rainforest - Group
work.
EXA 2-17a
Drama
Hot seating - People
or animals who live in
the rainforest.
Run through the
jungle - Explained in
health and wellbeing.
EXA 2-12a
Dance
Rainforest animal dance -
Slim McBride and the Lost
Tribe - Also links with music.
EXA 2-08a
Sciences
The different
layers of a
rainforest - Forest
floor, Understory,
Canopy and
Emergent Layer.
Materials to
make a
rainforest.
Why are trees
important? - Dangers of
chopping them down -
opportunities for outdoor
learning.
SCN 2-02a
Outdoor learning - Plants and
plant adaptations - Provide
venus fly trap plant.
SCN 2-02a
SCN 2-14a
SCN 2-02b
Animals - Possibly
zoo visit to classify
different animal types.
SCN 2-01a
Technologies
Research different
animals of the
rainforest - Create a
presentation in groups.