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Virtual Field Trip: Rainforest Deforestation

Summary:

Students will explore the causes and consequences of rainforest deforestation with expert educator, Kate Davis, from the Birmingham Zoo. Students also learn about how aluminum mining negatively impacts the rainforest ecosystem.

Activity

Create a cause and effect sequencing game to teach others about how human actions impact rainforest deforestation. 

Connections to Other Resources

This virtual field trip is included in the Save the Rainforest Project. 

 

Overview & Materials

Subject: Science, ELA

Grade: 3-5

Student Handouts (Download)

Topic: Habitat loss, human impact on environment, cause and effect relationships

Materials Needed:

  • Colored paper pieces or confetti
  • Glue
  • Index cards
  • Markers, colored pencils, pen or pencil

Project Materials

Student Lessons

Project Notebook

Project Materials

Aligned Standards

Common Core Reading (CCSS):

  • CCRA.R.2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

NGSS Standards:

  • 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
  • 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Course Content

A.1 Where’s that from?
A.2 Why do rainforests need saving?
A.3 Deforestation and People
A.4 Can It!
A.6 Palm Oil and Beef
A.7 Out Of Order Game
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