Student - Topic 7

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Rainforest Rich Task

Background Information:
After learning about rainforests at school and developing an understanding of the need to preserve this special environment, you have volunteered to work for the Rainforest Action Network. Since joining the network you have been asked to develop a way of highlighting the problem of deforestation.

Fact Box

· We're losing 33.8 million acres of tropical forest per year. Between 1960-1990, 1.1 billion acres of tropical forest were cleared.

· We lose 100 species every day -- 4 species per hour -- due to tropical deforestation.

· In Australia alone, 75% of Australia's tropical rainforest has been cleared since the late 1700's.

Source: ‘Tropical Forests’, World Resources Institute, 1998

Task:
Part 1 - Develop a picture book that highlights the plight of our rainforests. The book should be in narrative form with accompanying original illustrations and it should demonstrate your knowledge of rainforests. The target audience is young primary school students. Include at the end of the book, a list of ten things that we can do in our schools and homes that would help preserve rainforests.

Part 2 - Develop and teach a lesson about rainforests to a group of Stage 1 students at our school. The lesson will be taught to your buddies in your ‘buddy’ class. You will need to include/show your knowledge of:

Features and layers of the rainforest.
Rainforest flora and fauna
Products of the rainforests
Deforestation

Click on the picture to read our e-book

Learning Process & Self Evaluation:

Steps we went through to create this e-book:	Firstly we had to find the information then we had to put them in to separate subjects then we put them in the PowerPoint presentation.
I have learnt:	About the way the animals live in the rainforest.
My group is good at:	Finding the information for us to do the project.
My group needs to work more on:	The way we explain stuff to the kindergartens.
My effort for this task has been:	Quality	My best work	Could do better
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Comment: I think we did ok but not the best we could do.

Teacher Evaluation:

Indicator	Progressing Towards	Achieved	Working Beyond
*Information*
All required components are included		ü
Information is current and accurate		ü
Information is well written in own words		ü
Sources are cited using proper bibliographical format	ü
Presentation (Part 1 - ebook)
Text is consistent with what the student was asked to do		ü
Text is structured in correct narrative form		ü
ebook demonstrates knowledge of rainforests		ü
Spelling, grammar and punctuation have been checked		ü
Illustrations show originality and creativity		ü
ebook design is well presented and attractive			ü
ebook is informative and enjoyable to read		ü
Presentation (Part 2 - Lesson)
Evidence of planning		ü
Lesson is at appropriate level for target audience		ü
Lesson was fun and informative for Stage 1 students		ü
*Group Work*
Class time was used effectively		ü
Evidence of extra work outside the classroom		ü
Respect is shown for other group members		ü
Group members shared equally in responsibilities			ü
Comment: Well done boys. You worked well as a team putting in a lot of time and effort. You all did your share and tried very hard. Consequently, your ebook is very good. You also developed lots of different activities for your buddies which they enjoyed. Great job!

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