Unit 3A, Roles of Living Things Unit Project: Creating a Tropical Rain-Forest Mural Learn about the importance of rain-forest plants and animals. Find out how people change the rain forest. Create a rain-forest mural — a huge picture of the rain forest — for your classroom wall.   Project Link 1 (Chapter 1, p. A25) Choose a rain forest layer to research and design for the mural. Share what you've learned with the rest of the class. Find creative ways to decorate the rain-forest mural. Internet Links Rain-Forest Layers Enchanted Learning: All About Rainforests http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/rainforest/ Canadian International Development Agency Forestry Advisers Network: Kids' Page http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/English/ecanopy.htm Public Broadcasting Service Rainforest Layers http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa%5Frica/layers.html Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) A Photographic Portfolio Taken From the Jungle Crane http://photo2.si.edu/crane/craneport.html Creating the Mural Tropical Rainforest Coalition Rainforest Mural http://www.rainforest.org/gallery/mural.html Project Link 2 (Chapter 2, p. A47) Learn about the types of animals found in the rain forest. Include mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, reptiles, and insects. Make some camouflaged animals. Then "hide" them in the rain-forest mural. Challenge your classmates to find them. Attach predators and prey to show a food web. Internet Links Rain-Forest Animals and Plants Michigan State University Virtual Rain Forest: Online Rain Forest Tour http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/rfrc/tour/index.html Public Broadcasting Service Take a Walk in the Rainforest: A Self-Guided Tour http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/rainwalk.html Rainforest Action Network: Kids' Corner http://www.ran.org/ran/kids_action/index1.html Enchanted Learning: All About Rainforests http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/rainforest/ Creating the Rain-Forest Creatures Rainforest Action Network: Kids' Corner: Kids' Art Gallery http://www.ran.org/ran/kids_action/gallery/ Art School Online Draw Rainforest Animals http://www.drawbooks.com/artschool/23index.html Chunky Monkey Rain-Forest Drawing Lessons http://www.chunkymonkey.com/murals/murallessons.htm Student Resources Producers of the Rain Forest Producers of the Rain Forest (continued) Animals of the Rain Forest Animals of the Rain Forest (continued) Project Link 3 (Chapter 3, p. A73) Find out what resources are found in the rain forest. Learn all about why the rain forests are being cut down. Explore what will happen if the rain-forest destruction does not stop. Find ways that you can help save the rain forests. Discuss these ideas with your classmates. Make posters showing what you can do to help save the rain forests. Internet Links Rain-Forest Resources Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Resources/Facts: Tropical Forest Products in Daily Use http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/daily-use.html Rainforest Action Network Medicinal Treasures of the Rainforest http://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/05f.html Rain-Forest Loss Rainforest Alliance For Kids & Teachers: What Happens When the Rainforests are Cut Down? http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids&teachers/kids/activities/remarkable-rainforest/cut.html Rainforest Alliance For Kids & Teachers: Vanishing Rainforests http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids&teachers/kids/activities/remarkable-rainforest/vanishing.html Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Resources/Facts http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/forest-facts.html Saving the Rain Forests Rainforest Action Network Kids' Corner: What Kids Are Doing to Save the Rainforest http://www.ran.org/ran/kids_action/index1.html Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Resources/Facts What YOU Can Do to Save the Rainforest http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/what.html Tropical Rainforest Coalition How to Help http://www.rainforest.org/org/howtohelp.html Student Resources Resources of the Rain Forest Resources of the Rain Forest (continued)