satellite image: nasa. how do we inform ourselves about this area of learning? what learning...
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Satellite image: NASA
How do we inform ourselves about
this area of learning?
What learning activities will our children engage
with?
What actions can we take?
What focus?Environmental Impact & Environmental Impact & SustainabilitySustainability
Interdependence & Interdependence & ConnectednessConnectedness
People , Culture & People , Culture & DiversityDiversity
What is it like here? (Use, story, picture books, sense impressions, drama to explore) [PLACE]
Ask & answer questions such as: What would it be like to live here/ visit?
Have a definite concluding activity for the project that can be shared with others.
Know that you are not alone in taking action – hundreds/ thousands of other people worldwide are trying to do something about this issue (MDG’s).
Use P4C/ Community of enquiry to explore this issue
Research
Explore & map (SPACE), use Google Earth
Explore through picture books/ video etc
TEACHING TOOLKIT
Sense impressions
5 W’s
Making pairs
Most Likely to ...
Living Graphs
Start with a photo
Using Artefacts
Google Maps (Earth)
Quikmaps/ Scribble Maps
Further research & new enquiry
Decide on your personal actions
Involve children in evaluation
What will we do? What will the children do?
How will I inform my thinking How will I inform my thinking and find teaching resources and find teaching resources about:about:
Photos: Simon Collis http://geographychampions.ning.com/photo/albums/costa-rica
In 1994 I visited the Peruvian rainforest (part of a longer Peru trip)
Amazon rainforest catchment area. Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Lodge.
http://www.tambopatalodge.com/
Photo Wendy North
Among others: Tropical World – Roundhay Park Leeds
http://www.roundhaypark.org.uk/tropical-world-leeds/index.html
Birmingham Botanical Garden The Living Rainforest (near J13 of M4) -
http://www.livingrainforest.org/ The Eden Project
http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/working_with_schools/
World Wildlife Fund
http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/penan the film is about logging and oil palm cultivation which is destroying the lands of the people of Sarawak – it links to the Borneo newspaper article.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/borneo-indonesia-rainforest-illegal-logging
Searching for video clips is a very time consuming activity.
WHAT YOU WANT THE VIDEO FOR? (What will it help children to feel/think?)
Look for recommendations from other people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ BBC Class Clips
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/images-of-a-tropical-rainforest-biome/3205.html
Videos from the BBC are also available on Vimeo and You Tube
Search BBC rainforest
http://vimeo.com/4103904
Rainforest Animals and Plant life in the Amazon jungle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xN7bPTz7gw
http://vimeo.com/12765487
The opening minute is particularly useful for younger children
http://vimeo.com/14339525
Search for Creative Commons licensed content: http://search.creativecommons.org/
USE A MAP Google Earth –
needs downloading onto your computer
Google Maps – online Resource
Bing Maps
CREATE A MAP Quikmaps
Scribble Maps
Download from: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Manaus&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.970501,29.970703&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Manaus+-+Amazonas,+Brazil&t=h&z=8
http://www.bing.com/maps/
Sue Waters Cairns Set : http://www.flickr.com/photos/suewaters/sets/72157622663070770/with/4047436751/
Guided tour through the rainforest
www.rainforestconcern.org/education_resources
http://www.rainforestconcern.org/tour/rfc_guide.htm
Photographs of the world’s rainforests – Nature Conservancy
www.nature.org/rainforests/explore/photos.html
Rainforest sounds www.christiananswers.net/ki
ds/sounds.html#Christian%20Answers%20Sounds
An interactive site from the Rainforest Alliance - match animals and plants to the layers of the rainforest.
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/treehouse/jewelsoftheearth/index.html
Living in the Guatemalan Rainforest – feels a little dated
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/treehouse/myworld/index.html
Stories from the Rainforest http://www.rainforest-
alliance.org/education.cfm?id=rainforest_stories
Free resources from world Land Trust (sponsored by Mall)
http://www.free-teaching-resources.co.uk/article45440820042009.shtml
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/Teacher%20resources
ARKive www.arkive.org Videos, images and
fact files of the world’s plant and animal species.
Tropical rainforest animals
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml
Slideshare http://
www.slideshare.net/ search Rain forest
Lots of very similar slideshows available – some by children. Generally very fact based presentations – possibly useful for images. Not the kinds of things I’d want to share with years 3 & 4 – at least initially – though you might ADAPT
TES Resources websitehttp://www.tes.co.uk/ SEARCH for `Rainforest’
then primary
Very popular as fellow teachers often provides ready made resources. But be prepared to ADAPT
Ask yourself: Is it clear what the teacher wants the children to learn? Is this what I’m looking for?
Hamilton Trust planning on the TES website – cross-curricular