rainforest

=Rain Forest= Dear Rain Forest Study Commission Member: The rain forest is a beautiful place, teeming with life and an abundance of natural resources. The rain forest is also disappearing at an alarming rate. This is caused by those who wish to make use of the natural resources and vast land area which the rain forest holds. Farmers cut down forested areas to make room for cattle and crops. Miners dig in the rain forest to find diamonds and gold. Rivers are dammed to create reservoirs and hydroelectric power. What will happen to the world if the rain forest continues to disappear? What will happen if farmers, miners and other developers are required to stop harvesting the resources of the rain forest? Who should take charge and have the authority to answer these questions? What action should be taken? We have commissioned your classroom with this task. You will work in small groups and as a class to explore and answer these questions. There will be much discussion and debate as you seek to find the answers. You'll find there is seldom an answer which can please everyone. We look forward to reading your conclusions as you share your findings at the end of this unit. Sincerely, The United Nations

on water erosion || Save equations to figure out how much rain forest has lost || Research alternative forms of energy || Provide students with articles, questions, and an opportunity to discuss in Socratic circle || Classroom debate over major issues || Teach students to research using online databases and other Internet sources || for how much pollution the rain forest cleans up || Solve equations to see what it would do if they quit harvesting resources || Research and present Powerpoint on all the resources in the rain forest || Write a report about what will happen if the rain forest continues to disappear || Research rain forests of the world || Create a wiki to write proposals || agriculture plan || Compare products sales of rain forest items - discuss money vs. earth || Effects on atmosphere with loss of rain forest || Research paper on life found in the rain forest || Role play different points of view and create a community meeting to have a "voice out" miners farmers environmentalists || Visit websites on ecology/green sites Al Gore? || technique to better use rain forest resources without depletion || calculate resource usage by natives and exported materials || Design a RRR program for family, school, community (one or all) || vocabulary || Challenges facing Third World country || Develop a Powerpoint to answer each question presented by the group || forest left || study characteristics of plants: food webs, to design a sustainable agriculture plan || research/report on a sustainable agriculture plan || Study of the effects of the disappearance of rain forests on weather patterns ||  || being lost each year || ecology: interaction between species; loss of habitat || Develop a data and information packet that will be presented to the government ||  ||   || losing 100% of rain forest || study the wildlife native to the rain forest and investigate the natural resources in the rainforest ||  ||   ||   || resources have been taken and how long before all resources will be used ||  ||   ||   ||   || Back to Content Ideas
 * = ==Engineering== ||= ==Math== ||= ==Science== ||= ==Language Arts== ||= ==Social Studies== ||= ==Library Media/Technology== ||
 * Set up a simuation
 * Set up activity to test
 * Design a sustainable
 * Develop a farming
 * || find fraction of rain
 * || percent of forest
 * || projected date of
 * || Calculate how much