Creatures of the canopy

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Rainforests - NEW LOOK Creatures of the Rainforest

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Objectives

Geography

Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts.

Design and Technology

Select from and use materials, including construction materials and textiles, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.

Lesson Planning

Make group dioramas of the emergent and canopy layers of the rainforest, including the creatures found in these layers.

Teaching Outcomes:

To research, and become familiar with, the creatures living in the upper layers of the rainforest.
To make group dioramas of canopy and emergent layers of the rainforest in shoe boxes, including the creatures found in these layers.

Children will:

Research, and become familiar with, the creatures living in the upper layers of the rainforest
Make group dioramas of canopy and emergent layers of the rainforest in shoe boxes, including the creatures found in these layers

Planning

Provided Resources

How to make a Rainforest diorama

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Tubes
Shoe boxes
Pipe cleaners
Play-dough

Weblinks

Information on each rainforest layer from caltech.edu
Characteristics of rainforests -YouTube clip
Facts about the emergent layer of thee rainforest from tropical-rainforest-facts.com
Facts about the canopy layer of the rainforest from tropical-rainforest-facts.com
How to make a play-dough frog -YouTube clip