The Rainforest EDU645

Unit of Study:  The Rainforest

Grade:  Fourth

Three Measurable Learning Outcomes:

1.     Students will locate three areas where rainforests are found using a map and worksheet.

2.     Students will list five animals that live in the rainforest.

3.     Students will draw a tropical rainforest stratum.

Three Test Items

Part 1. Complete the Blanks: Locating Tropical Rainforests

Using an atlas map, complete the blanks by naming three countries where rainforests grow.

1. ________________________ 2. _________________________

3. _________________________

Part 2. Multiple Choice: Animals that Live in the Rainforest

_____ 1. It is a long thin fish that can generate electricity:

a. a tuna

b. an eel

c. a bluefish

d. an angelfish

_____ 2. It catches ants with its long tongue:

a. an elephant

b. a howler monkey

c. an anaconda

d. a giant anteater

Part 3.A. Matching: Tropical Rainforest Stratum

Directions: Column A describes the rainforest stratum. Indicate which strata zone in Column B goes with each description by placing the correct letter to the left of the number of Column A.

Column A                                                                                             Column B

____1.  Giant trees that are much higher than the average canopy height    a.  Canopy

____2.  The upper parts of the trees                                                       b.  Forest floor

____3. A dark, cool environment under the leaves but over the ground       c.  Emergents

____4.  Teeming with animal life, especially with insects                          d.  Understory

Part 3.B. Draw and label a tropical rainforest stratum using the strata zones in Column B.

One Essay Item:

Make up a story about what you would see if you were to visit a tropical rainforest.  Explain in seven sentences or more what rainforest you visited and where it is located, what animals live there, and what the vegetation and trees look like. 

Reference(s):

Enchanted Learning.com.  (2010).  All about rainforests.  Retrieved from

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/index.shtml

Fotosearch.com.  (2011).  Tropical rainforest stock photos.  Retrieved from

http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/tropical-rainforest_2.html

Worldatlas.com.  (2011).  World.  Retrieved from http://www.worldatlas.com