TOUR OF THE RAINFOREST

There are many Tropical Rain Forest located in the world. Your group has been chosen to be tour guides in a rain forest located in South America. The rain forest will be open to the public and your group has 3 weeks to prepare yourself as tour guides. Your group wants to be very prepared since the public is counting on you. There are many things you will need to find out about. For example: plants, animals, geography and people of the rain forest.

Before you start your job as tour guides you should be able to answer the following questions:

You will answer these questions in a form of a letter to your parents. Remember, you won’t see them for 3 months. You want to be able to give them a really good idea about where you’ll be and what you are seeing. (This will be an oral presentation to the class)

PROCESS

You will work in a team of 4 to develop a multi-media report. You will find a lot of your information on the Internet and books located in the classroom library to guide you also. Your group must collect pictures as you’re guided through the Internet. One member of the group will take a task. You must keep a written journal of the information you find.

Geography Expert – This person is responsible for finding out the location and characteristics of the tropical rain forest. You must collect maps that illustrate where the rainforest is located. Also, how the destruction of rain forest affects the rest of the world.

Botany Expert – This person is responsible for finding out about different kinds of plants in the rain forest. You must include pictures and information about what they are good for. There will be unusual looking pictures, so be sure to get them.

Animal Expert – This person collects information about the different kinds of animals in the rain forest. You must include pictures.

Population Expert – This person will collect information about the people in the rainforest. You may see them one day on a tour.

You must work together, since you will be tour guides together. The people are counting on you.

Resources

Rainforest of the world
http://www.mbgnet.net/
This site will give you information on different types of plants and animals you can find in the Rainforest.

Rainforest Action Network
http://rainforestheroes.com/
Watch a clip, read about the rainforest, fact sheets and how you can help save the Rainforest.

Evaluation

	Excellent 100 points	Good 90 points	Satisfactory 80 points	Unsatisfactory 70 or below points
Participation	All group members took part in the report to the class and each person was fully prepared.	Three members of the group took part in your presentation, one person was there but did not participate.	One person gave the entire presentation Other group members were there but did not take part in the presentation.	No presentation was given.
Factual Content (contained in your journal and power point)	All information used to support your presentation was accurate and supported with documentation showing where the facts were found.	More than half of the facts presented were supported by the documentation.	Facts were used in your presentation but no specific documentation was shown.	Only your opinion was given.
Letter to parents (oral presentation)	You have used the computer to type your letter. You have spelled everything correctly and used good grammar and is at least 3 pages long.	Your letter was handwritten. Some words were spelled correctly, only some grammatical errors and is at least 3 pages long.	You letter was handwritten. You have spelled everything correctly and used good grammar and is at least 2 pages long.	You letter was handwritten. You have spelled everything correctly and used good grammar and it is at least 1 page long.
Power point presentation	Class report was presented with three or more graphics and was in an organized matter.	Class report was presented with two graphics and was in an organized matter.	Class report was presented with three graphics and was not in an organized matter.	Class report was presented with no graphics and was not in an organized matter.

Conclusion

You did a great job working together as a team. The public thanks you very much on educating them about different kinds of plants, animals and various things that make up the rain forest. You were a great guide team and we hope to see you next year.

5. Use technology tools for individual and collaborative writing, communication and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

8. Use technology resources for problem-solving, self-directed learning and extended learning activities.