1. Are you hungry for chocolate?

2. Where does chocolate come from? Week 1

3. How do you think chocolate is made?  With a partner, list the steps of how you think chocolate is made.

4. All About Chocolate Find out: 1.Where chocolate comes from *Tropical Rain Forests of the World activity 2. How chocolate is made *Number the steps on your worksheet. Read your book:

5. What do you think the world is like where chocolate is grown? Simultaneous Roundtable Fill out the rainforest chart in your team: WWhat is the land like? WWhat is the weather like? WWhat are the animals like? WWhat are the plants like?

6. Watch the following video: Fill in your rainforest chart with 2 more facts about the land, weather, animals and plants. Landmarks Tropical Rainforest: The Living Forest -Montage

7. Do I Make a Difference?  Do my actions in Salina, Kansas affect rainforests in South America?  Do the Worth Saving Activity. Roundrobin your opinion about each reason with your team.  When finished, answer the first question on the “Do I Make A Difference?” blog from the rainforest wiki usd305severhart2 wikiusd305severhart2 wiki Week 2

8. Read: The Amazing Amazon  Click the picture below to tour the rainforest layers.  Go to the rainforest wiki usd305severhart2 wiki to find websites to explore for more names of plants and animals in each layer. usd305severhart2 wiki

9. What are the layers of the rainforest?  Use The Amazing Amazon and your research to fill out the poster about the 4 layers of the rainforest. Each person in the team creates one layer and writes a paragraph about that layer including the plants and animals found there. The group makes one poster.

10. What is a plant’s life cycle?  Watch the power point: “Life Cycle of a Plant”Life Cycle of a Plant  After you watch the power point, with a partner, cut out and color the life cycle cards and put them in order. Glue them onto your paper.  Do the Structure/Function (Life Cycle) WS

11. Research: If I were a rainforest plant, which one would I be and why?  Choose a rainforest plant.  Fill out storyboard #1-4 by researching on rainforest wiki usd305severhart2 wiki: usd305severhart2 wiki General description Plant’s height Basic needs for survival Plant’s life cycle Main structures (leaf, root, stem) and functions

12. Read: The Yanomami  How are you and the Yanomami alike and different? Work with your group to roundtable your ideas on a Venn diagram.  With a partner, fill out the ‘Made in the Rain Forest’ checklist. Week 3

13. Rainforest Wiki Research usd305severhart2 wiki  Discover some causes of rainforest destruction.  Do your actions help destroy the rainforest?  Fill out storyboard #5.

14. “Do I Make a Difference?” blog  Revisit the blog on the rainforest wiki usd305severhart2 wiki. Read all of the entries from the first question. usd305severhart2 wiki  Now respond to the second question What can I do in Salina, KS, to help the rainforest?  Finish storyboard #6 summarizing your blog answer.

15. Student Project  With your partner, work from your storyboard and the ‘Made in the Rain Forest’ checklist to create a presentation to show what you have learned. Choose from: Power point Photo Story Television Newscast Interview Week 4

16. Do I really make a difference?  Redo the Worth Saving activity.  Make a poster that reflects your views about the rainforest.