Activity 49: Tropical Treehouse

While tropical rainforests and the temperate forests of North America operate on many of the same ecological principles, they differ greatly in their climates, and in the types of soil, plants, and animals that make up the forest ecosystems. Students will explore the rainforest in different ways: researching rainforest inhabitants, mapping the route of neotropical migratory birds, and analyzing a case study involving a tropical rainforest.

This is one of 96 activities that can be found in PLT’s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide. To get the activity, attend a training either in person or online and receive PLT’s PreK-8 Guide.

The PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide is a supplementary curriculum that is multi-disciplinary, with an emphasis on science, reading, writing, mathematics, and social studies.

Each activity displays explicit connections to practices and concepts expected by the following national academic standards so teachers can easily see where the materials will fit into their lesson plans:

• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
• Common Core Toolkit, includes
  • English Language Arts (CCSS.ELA)
  • Mathematics (CCSS.MATH)
  • College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies (C3)

Our professional development further demonstrates these connections, as well as to state and local standards, contact your state coordinator.

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