The Amazon Rainforest's Coolest Animals! - 10 Weeks
Class experience
US Grade 2 - 5
The diversity within the animal kingdom is incredible! In this class, we will dive into this world by exploring 2 unique creatures from the Amazon Rainforest each week. Did you know that shape-shifters aren't just a myth? Or that there are otters large and fierce enough to kill a Crocodile or a Caiman? You may also be surprised to learn that Piranhas don't attack swimmers unless they feel threatened - if you leave them alone, they will leave you alone! Upon the conclusion of class, we...
20 lessons//10 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Three Toed Sloth & Harpy EagleLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! For example, did you know that the three-toed sloth is more closely related to the extinct ground sloths than it is to its living two-toed cousin? If you have watched the Ice Age movies, Sid the sloth is a giant ground sloth! They used to be 20 feet long! Woah!Week 2Lesson 2Pacman Frog & Emerald Tree BoaLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that the Emerald Tree Boa holds its poop in for as long as it can so that predators can't detect them? They let it all go during a big rainstorm so that the scent is washed away! At least they clean up after themselves! Heehee!Week 3Lesson 3Giant River Otter & Black CaimanLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that the giant, six-foot-long river otter can tear apart a crocodile? Wow!Week 4Lesson 4Pink River Dolphin & BasiliskLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! We do not actually understand why the Pink River Dolphin is pink! How does it happen? Take your best guess!Week 5Lesson 5Giant Centipede & Goliath Bird Eating SpiderLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that they are trying to have the tarantula renamed as the Goliath Tarantula? Even our favorite animal experts, the Wild Kratts, are joining in on this! It turns out that this spider rarely ever eats birds, so its name is misleading!Week 6Lesson 6Bullet Ant & Decoy Building SpiderLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Are you ready for this? There is a spider that will build a larger, fake spider out of debris, and shake its web like a puppet master to scare away large predators such as dragonflies! Neat!Week 7Lesson 7Potoo & Howler MonkeyLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that the howler monkey makes the loudest sound of any primate? Yeesh! Earplugs, please!Week 8Lesson 8Electric Eel & Fishing SpiderLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! A spider that fishes? You got it! A fish that poops from their chin? Absolutely!Week 9Lesson 9Red Bellied Piranha & Bull SharkLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Fun fact, piranhas are not the crazy man-eaters we have been led to think they are! You can actually swim with them and they won't bother you unless...Week 10Lesson 10Poison Dart Frog & Glass FrogLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! We are all used to hearing about how Australia has the deadliest things in the world, right? However, the Amazon is home to the most poisonous animal on earth - the Golden Poison Dart Frog, which can kill a human in one second! Do not boop this frog!Lesson 11Capybara & Scarlett MacawLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Not only is the capybara the friendliest animal in the entire world, but it is also the largest rodent in the world! Yes, it is related to our little guineapig friends, so that's cool!Lesson 12Pygmy Marmoset & Mata Mata TurtleLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! The Mata Mata turtle shell is designed to look like bark, and its neck and head are designed to look like a leaf! It has amazing camouflage!Lesson 13Coati & Brazilian Wondering SpiderLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that the Guinness World Book of Records flubbed this one a few years ago? The book incorrectly named the Brazilian Wondering Spider as the deadliest spider on earth, but we all know that the Sydney Funnel Web is the deadliest, period! Somebody forgot to have their coffee that day!Lesson 14Vampire Fish (Payara) & Green IguanaLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Green Iguanas can jump 50 feet out of a tree and land without injury! Woah! They have also invaded Florida! When there is a cold snap, frozen iguanas fall out of the trees onto Floridians walking below! Give the lizards somewhere warm to warm up, and they will be good to go in no time!Lesson 15Green Anaconda & Vampire BatLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! It turns out that the vampire bat is actually the nicest bat, as it is the only bat to share food with its friends if their friends didn't find enough food to eat! Also, did you know that bats are the only mammals with wings? Cool!Lesson 16Squirrel Monkey & OcelotLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that female monkeys have three color cones like humans do, but the males only have two? Having only two color cones allows the males to spot camouflaging predators, while the females can spot ripened fruit due to having three color cones!Lesson 17Giant Armadillo & Blue Morpho ButterflyLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that the Blue Morpho Butterfly is poisonous, just like the Monarch butterfly? Don't eat it!Lesson 18Red Tail Boa & Yellow Footed TortoiseLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Red Tailed Boa's are a very popular pet, but they grow almost 10 feet in 2 years! That's too much snake for me!Lesson 19American Crocodile & JaguarLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Did you know that the jaguar has the strongest bite of any big cat? Amazing!Lesson 20Fer-de-lance Pit Viper & Toco ToucanLearners will learn about each animal's unique adaptations, lifestyle, reproduction, predators, and role in the ecosystem, along with many interesting facts! Vipers are always a dangerous snake to receive a bite from, but this viper is the most dangerous one in all of the America's!
Students will learn many things such as habitat, behavior, diet, and fascinating facts about 2 amazing species, twice a week. There will also be some live appearances from my own collection of reptiles every now and then, when relevant to the class material.
Homework Offered
Sharing their new knowledge with you over dinner would be a great goal.Assessments Offered
Classroom forum discussion, trivia and Kahoot! will be used to informally assess learning.Grades Offered
Topics which may come up are evolution, reproduction, and natural selection. Approved third party tools such as Youtube and Kahoot! will be used weekly. No account required.
Hello, friends! My name is Marie, and as an Animal Science teacher, I would love to teach your child all about the weird and unusual animals in the world! I will use every opportunity I can to incorporate my reptilian and furry pets into my...
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Ages: 7-12