The Amazon Rainforest - A Learning Center for Secondary School Students
This book gives step by step details on how to make ten learning stations on topics of the Amazon Rainforest and South America.
Activities and information are presented in a variety of ways that correspond to the different ways in which students learn.
Teachers can choose any combination of stations according to their curricular needs, or combine them all to create a single comprehensive learning center. Here are the ten stations included:
- WELCOME TO SOUTH AMERICA
- GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AMERICA
- BIODIVERSITY
- ECONOMIC BOTANY
- CAMOUFLAGE AND MIMICRY
- RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
- PEOPLES AND THEIR LANGUAGES
- ART AND ARTIFACTS
- MUSIC AND DANCE
- SPANISH
At the end of each section is an extensive list of resources including books for both children and adults. Each station follows this organizational outline:
- RATIONALE
- PRIOR-KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS TO PRIOR-KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
- OBJECTIVES
- ACTIVITIES
- ASSESSMENT
- MATERIALS
- RESOURCES.
Price: $10 To Buy
5-9 copies, 20% discount
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20 copies or more, 40% discount
Author: James L. Castner
Publisher: Feline Press
ISBN:0-9625-150-9-4
100 pages. 1 map. 6 x 9 inches. Perfect-bound (softcover).