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NatureScope, 1989
Focuses on the characteristics of tropical rain forests, where they grow, and some of the misconceptions about them. Includes six activities on: figuring out forests, jungle journey, tropical trivia trek, forest comparisons, and lost in the jungle. Five copyable sheets are provided. (RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
NatureScope, 1989
Discusses the diversity of rain forest life, the adaptations of rain forest plants and animals, and ways these organisms interact. Includes activities on canopy critters with a copyable sheet, rain forest revue, design a plant, and jungle sleuths. (RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Climate, Ecology
NatureScope, 1989
Provides instructions and diagrams for making a life-sized morpho butterfly to wear on the finger and a paper bromeliad. Includes a pattern for copying. (RT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Biological Sciences, Botany
NatureScope, 1988
Focuses on what life is like in the three major regions of the ocean: (1) the sunlit surface waters; (2) the dim mid-waters; and (3) the dark ocean depths. Five activities and three pages of ocean organisms for copying are included. (Author/RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
NatureScope, 1988
Discusses people's relationship with oceans, focusing on ocean pollution, use, and protective measures of the sea and its wildlife. Activities included are "Mythical Monsters"; "Globetrotters"; "Plastic in the Sea"; and "Sea of Many Uses." (RT)
Descriptors: Botany, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
NatureScope, 1989
Discusses ways people who live in rain forests make a living and some of the products that enrich our lives. Provides activities covering forest people, tropical treats, jungle in the pantry, treetop explorers, and three copyable pages to accompany activities. (Author/RT)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Botany, Climate
NatureScope, 1989
Examines some of the reasons tropical rain forests are being destroyed and ways people are working to protect these forests. Provides activities on how people can help, reason for saving the forests, individual actions related to forest problems and solutions, and issues and problems. Three copyable pages accompany activities. (Author/RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Climate, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
NatureScope, 1988
Considers the characteristics of beaches, rocky shores, coral reefs, and kelp forests. Discusses plants and animals that live in these habitats. Activities include life between the tides, reef buddies, sea forests, seaside adventure, and four copycat pages. (RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education