Layers of the Rain Forrest

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Layers of the Rain Forrest

• Write On
• Grade 4

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Learner Expectation

• Content Standard 2.0 Interactions Between Living
  Things and Their Environment.
• The student will investigate how living things
  interact with one another and with non-living
  elements of their environment.
• Learning Expectations
• 2.1 Investigate the relationships among organisms
  in a specific ecosystem.

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In this activity you will

• Be able to describe each layer of the Rain
  Forest.
• Name an animal that lives in each layer.
• Illustrate each layer with an animal in its layer.

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Rain Forest Layers

• Emergent Layer
• Canopy Layer
• Understory Layer
• Forest Floor Layer

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Emergent Layer

• This is the top layer in the Rain Forest with
  trees over lapping each. Eagles, Hawks live
  among the branches.

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Canopy Layer

• Just under the Emergent layer, fanning out and
  making a canopy over the lower layers
• Animals that live here are monkeys, parrots, and
  lizards. Glad for the warmth of the sun. Most
  animals in the Rain Forest live in this layer.

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Understory Layer

• This layer is below the canopy layer, having
  shorter trees. It also receives less light than
  the canopy layer which makes it darker and
  cooler.
• Look closely to see the spiders, insects and
  frogs living in this layer.

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Forest Floor Layer

• Here we are at the ground level of the forest
  where there are flowering shrubs. This area is
  very shady and only plants that can grow in the
  shade grow here.
• The larger animals like the Armadillos , Jaguars,
  and wild pigs roam on the ground level.

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Writing Activity

• Write a paragraph that includes all four layers
  of the Rain Forest, and include an animal that
  lives in each.
• To learn more about the rain forest, visit one of
  these sites
• Learning About Rainforest
• Rainforest Live Games