Tropical Rainforest

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Tropical Rainforest

• By Ms. Stafford
• 4th Grade Rainforest Unit

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Rainforest are Amazing!!

• Rainforest are so full of life because the
  weather is HOT AND HUMID ALL YEAR ROUND!
• What do you think the average temperature is?
• Clue In Connecticut the average temperature is
  50 degrees.
• 77 degrees Fahrenheit!!!!

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Where can we find rainforests?
The closest rainforest to us is below the
equator, in South America. The Amazon of South
America is the largest rainforest in the world.
It is about half the size of the United States.
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Emergent Layer
Canopy
Layers of the Rainforest
Understory
Forest Floor
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Most difficult to spot in the rainforest
LeopardsHunters
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More Rainforest Animals

• Largest tree dwelling animal.
• What layer do you think orangutans live in?

Orangutan
Canopy
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S L O T H
Sloths are the slowest moving mammal, they cover
only 125 feet a day!!!
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RED EYED TREE FROG
ANACONDAS
CHAMELONS
Reptiles and Amphibians
POISION DART FROG
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Insects and Plants
In the rainforest there are also millions of
insects, birds, and plants. There are still
undiscovered plant life and species due to the
vast climate.
Sunlight Plants Food
ANIMALS
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NOW ITS YOUR TURN
NOW ITS YOUR TURN

• Pick a rainforest animal
• Research your animal
• Write a 1 page paper about your findings
• Share with the class
• Place your animal in our rainforest layers
• ANY QUESTIONS?????
• Start Here www.edhelper.com
• Or use books I borrowed from the library

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Sample of students rainforest tree from 2007!