Year 4 Rainforest topic- Why are animals in the rainforest
becoming endangered?
Our new geography topic
after half term is going to be to investigate Rainforests.
You can pick one of the
topics below to do some pre-learning .
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Write 5 important questions that you
would like to know about rainforests.
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Find out some fascinating facts about:
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The Equator
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The Tropic of
Capricorn
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The Tropic of
Cancer
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Research about an endangered animal.
Make a poster about what we can do to help, or prepare a short presentation
for the class about this important issue.
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Research where in the world the main
rainforests are located. Look at a map or globe to find them.
Can you name the 5 oceans and 7
continents of the world?
You could draw a map to show where they
are located, and include a key to show what symbols on your map represent.
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Find a Youtube video about the
rainforests and make some notes on what you have learnt.
You could write a non-chronological
report about the rainforest.
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Borrow some books from the library about
the Rainforest, such as
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the
Amazon Rain Forest.
The vanishing
Rainforest.
The Shaman's
Apprentice.
Try to find poems, fiction and non-fiction books about the
rainforest.
You can tell the class what you found out by reading them.
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