A.1 Layers: Intro

A. We're taking a trip

We’re about to take a trip to visit three animals that live at the Birmingham Zoo. These animals are all from the rainforests of Madagascar. Then you are going to create a layers of the rainforest model to show what you learned and to teach others.  Your model can also be used to play a game.


Before we start, we have a question. What do you already know about rainforests? What do you want to know? Here are some photos and a video of rainforests. 

Act like a scientist and observe the photos and video below. What do you see? m

Rainforest in Thailand (in Asia)

A Rainforest in Madagascar (in Africa)

Directions: In your notebook, answer these three questions: 

  1. What do you see? 
  2. What does it make you wonder?
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