Developed for the Geography & Global Citizenship course, run in conjunction with DECSY with funding from DfID.

1. Satellite
image:
NASA

2. How do we inform
ourselves about
this area of
learning?
What actions
can we take?
What learning
activities will our
children engage
with?

3. Have a definite Involve What is it like here? (Use, TEACHING
concluding activity for children in story, picture books, TOOLKIT
the project that can be evaluation sense impressions, drama
Sense
shared with others. to explore) [PLACE] impressions
Hook - take a
virtual journey, 5 W’s
e.g. through a Ask & answer
Decide on questions such as: Making
rainforest pairs
your
environment What would it be like
personal to live here/ visit? Most Likely
Know that you actions to ...
are not alone in
taking action – Living
hundreds/ Take Action: What Graphs
What focus? Find out more:
thousands of are people doing
Where? Why here Start with a
other people about it? What can photo
Environmental Impact & and not there?
worldwide are I do? Sustainability
trying to do Using
something Artefacts
about this issue Interdependence &
Connectedness Research Google
(MDG’s). Maps
(Earth)
People , Culture & Diversity Explore &
Further
research & map Quikmaps/
(SPACE), Scribble
new enquiry Maps
use
Issue: who gains Google
Use P4C/ and who loses? What makes it Earth
Community of Why might this special?
enquiry to matter to me? Explore through
explore this picture books/
issue video etc
What will we do? What will the children do?

4. Personal &
prior
experience
Education
website, e.g. The
TES, online experience
subscription of others -
libraries, someone
Teacher’s TV, who's been
BBC Class there
Clips
Story, picture The work
books, photos, of an
video, sound, influential
artefacts, online NGO/
mapping Charity

5. How will I inform my
thinking and find teaching
resources about:
Photos: Simon Collis
http://geographychampions.ning.com/photo/albums
/costa-rica

6. Photo Wendy North
 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/

7. 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

8. World Wildlife Fund
 http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/working_with_schools/

9. 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.

10. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010
/oct/24/borneo-indonesia-rainforest-
illegal-logging

12.  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.

13. BBC Class Clips http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/images-of-a-tropical-rainforest-
biome/3205.html

14.  Videos from
the BBC are
also available
on Vimeo and
You Tube
 Search BBC
rainforest
 http://vimeo.co
m/4103904
Rainforest Animals and Plant life in the Amazon jungle -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xN7bPTz7gw

15. http://vimeo.com/12765487 http://vimeo.com/14339525
The opening minute is
particularly useful for
younger children

16. Search for Creative Commons licensed content:
http://search.creativecommons.org/

17. USE A MAP CREATE A MAP
 Google Earth – needs  Quikmaps
downloading onto
your computer  Scribble Maps
 Google Maps – online
Resource
 Bing Maps

18. Download from: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

19. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sou
rce=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Manaus&sll
=53.800651,-
4.064941&sspn=12.970501,29.970703&ie=U
TF8&hq=&hnear=Manaus+-
+Amazonas,+Brazil&t=h&z=8

20. http://www.bing.com/maps/
Sue Waters Cairns Set :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suewaters/sets/72157622663070770/with/
4047436751/

22. Guided tour through the rainforest An interactive site from the Rainforest
 www.rainforestconcern.org/ed Alliance - match animals and
ucation_resources plants to the layers of the
 http://www.rainforestconcern. rainforest.
org/tour/rfc_guide.htm  http://www.rainforest-
alliance.org/education/treehou
se/jewelsoftheearth/index.html
Photographs of the world’s rainforests – Living in the Guatemalan Rainforest –
Nature Conservancy feels a little dated
 www.nature.org/rainforests/ex  http://www.rainforest-
plore/photos.html alliance.org/education/treehou
se/myworld/index.html
Rainforest sounds Stories from the Rainforest
 www.christiananswers.net/kids  http://www.rainforest-
/sounds.html#Christian%20An alliance.org/education.cfm?id=r
swers%20Sounds ainforest_stories

23. Free resources from ARKive
world Land Trust  www.arkive.org
(sponsored by Mall)
 Videos, images and
 http://www.free-
fact files of the
teaching- world’s plant and
resources.co.uk/articl animal species.
e45440820042009.shtm
Tropical rainforest animals
l
 www.enchantedlearni
 http://www.rainfores
ng.com/subjects/rain
tfoundationuk.org/Te
forest/animals/Rfbio
acher%20resources
meanimals.shtml

24. Slideshare TES Resources website
 http://www.slideshare.n http://www.tes.co.uk/
et/ search Rain forest SEARCH for `Rainforest’ then
 Lots of very similar primary
slideshows available –
some by children.  Very popular as fellow
Generally very fact based teachers often provides ready
presentations – possibly made resources. But be
useful for images. Not the prepared to ADAPT
kinds of things I’d want to  Ask yourself: Is it clear what
share with years 3 & 4 – at the teacher wants the
least initially – though you children to learn? Is this
might ADAPT what I’m looking for?
 Hamilton Trust planning on
the TES website – cross-
curricular