Name: ______________________ Topic: South Americas Rainforests

Student choices (choose one of each) Teachers choice (do both)

Remembering Analysing Required Activities
Teachers choice
Products/performances required
(tick when done)

1. Create a wordfind of the major cities surrounding
the Amazon rainforest.

2. Make a collage showing the Amazon rainforests
plant-life and important facts about each too

3. Make a list of all the cultural groups in the
Amazon rainforest. Design a trivia game with
facts about each.

10. Make a chart comparing & contrasting life in the Amazon
rainforest with life in the nearest city

11. Create a Wordle using at least 20 words relating to the
Amazon rainforest.

12. Write a survey about deforestation facts. Then ask people
to complete it (at least 10).

1. Design an informative brochure for Greenpeace to
use so they can raise awareness for the preservation
of the Amazon rainforest.

2. Write a letter to the president of Brazil, protesting
the ongoing deforestation, and asking for it to be
stopped.



1. Brochure ______



2. Letter ______
Understanding Creating

4. Made a climate graph showing the winter and
summer temperatures and rainfall of the Amazon
rainforest area.

5. Create a visual graph that shows the uses of
rainforest area by different peoples/societies.

6. Make a powerpoint of the rainforest. Include
animal, plant, and human life in the powerpoint
unique to the Amazon rainforest.

13. Invent a new form of animal (that no one has discovered
yet). Draw a poster showing this new species.

14. Write a diary entry as if you were a forestry worker
encountering natives for the first time.

15. Create a webpage about the Amazon rainforest.
Applying Evaluating Student choices in way to learn Products/performances to be
completed each week
(tick when done)

7. On a map show the locations of ten tourist
attractions within a days travel to the Amazon
rainforest. Include a key that explains in 50+
words what each attraction shows.

8. Construct a model of a village settlement being
invaded by forestry machinery in the Amazon
rainforest. Include key features of the rainforest.

9. Pretend you are a traveller who travels the length
of the Amazon river over ten days. Write a
journal of your adventures.

16. Pretend you are an architect designing a new dairy farm
for Fonterra, in the Amazon rainforest area. Choose a
location for this farm and write a proposal giving your reasons
as to why it should be built there (150-200 words)

17. Debate with a classmate: Is it more important to have a
rainforest or economic businesses? Video it or perform in
front of class (2-5 minutes).

18. Write a summary of reasons why deforestation should be
halted in rainforests (100-150 words).
Remembering

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Understanding

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Applying

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Analysing

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Creating

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Evaluating
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