Remember the Rainforest : Animal Games

Title: Animal Games 14+

Authors: Karl von Martius, 1840 and Carol Miranda Chor, 2017

Grade Levels/Ages: 14+

Subject Areas: Animals,Ecology,Earth Day,Earth Science,Taxonomy,Research

Standards: Supplemental Resource material

Short Description:  

Meet the animal families : mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, reptiles, zoophytes, insects and spiders.  

Remember the Rainforest is based on the journals of Martius-Spix expedition, 1817-1820. These explorers were Naturalists who collected plants and animals, made detailed scientific drawings , and classified them according to their family and species.

The explorers collected plants and animals from all the different habitats : the ancient forest, the riverbanks, the seashore, the grasslands, the mountains, the dry desert lands, and the areas where the forest had been chopped and burned.

Today you will choose your favorite animals and list them on your worksheet. Then decide the family to which they belong.