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Amazon Activities for Grades 7-8

 

Time: 30-40 minutes

Science Standards: Structure and Function in Living Systems (whole organisms), Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms (adaptations for survival within a particular ecosystem)

 

Your students are invited to invent rainforest animals and submit them to Earth's Birthday Project for prizes and posting in our Invent an Animal Gallery. All the instructions needed are included in the five handouts listed below.


You have permission to reproduce the following PDFs for educational purposes.

Invent an Amazon Animal  

 

What is an Adaptation?  

 

The Rainforest Ecosystem  

 

Animal Adaptations List  

 

Submission Form  

 

Students may find it helpful to read about real Amazon animals.

 

All About the Black Spider Monkey  

 

All About the Callimico  

 

All About the Jaguar  

 

All About the Silky Anteater  

 

Grade 7-8 students may also enjoy Jaguar / Jaguars in Danger  , Black Spider Monkey / Spider Monkey Social Structure  , and Callimico / Callimicos are Unique!  





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