Year 4 Rainforest topic- Why are animals in the rainforest becoming endangered?
Year 4 are off to Paradise Wildlife Park for a fabulous adventure next week.
Greece and Italy will be going on Wednesday, Germany on Thursday.
The children will be learning all about species of plants and animals that can be found in the rainforest, as well as seeing many other creatures of all kinds!
Learning challenge homework-
Write 5 important questions that you would like to know about rain forests.
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Find out some fascinating facts about:
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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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