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Q1.
What is a Tropical Rainforest?
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Question 1 Activity 1.1: Rainforest High Rises
Question 1 Activity 1.2: From Little Things Big
Things Grow
Question 1 Activity 1.3: Rainforest Unwrapped
Question 1 Activity 1.4: A Gap in the Canopy
Focus
Question: What do tropical rainforests look like?
1.1 Rainforest High Rises
Design a model
…that shows
features of tropical rainforest.
Questions to ask yourself
• How will you represent EPIPHYTES (like ferns and orchids)?
• How will you represent EMERGENT TREES (like kauri pines)?
• How will you represent the UNDERSTOREY (like tree ferns, palms
and seedlings)?
• How will you represent RAINFOREST DISTURBANCE (like that caused
by a cyclone)?
• How will you represent PIONEER SPECIES that take advantage of
rainforest disturbance?
• How will you represent VINES?
• How will you represent the FOREST FLOOR with its colourful leaves
and buttress roots?
• How will you represent the RECYCLERS (like beetles and fungi)
that break down organic matter into nutrients?
Conditions
 Try to address all
of the questions above.
Make your model out
of recycled products - be creative!
All stages of rainforest
growth should be represented in your model.
If necessary, label
your model to make it easier to understand.
Focus Question:
What do tropical rainforests look like?
1.2 From Little Things Big Things Grow
Draw a picture
… that shows
the features of tropical rainforest.
Questions to ask yourself
• How you will represent EPIPHYTES (like ferns and orchids)?
• How you will represent EMERGENT TREES (like kauri pines)?
• How you will represent the UNDERSTOREY (like tree ferns, palms
and seedlings)?
• How will you represent RAINFOREST DISTURBANCE (like that caused
by a cyclone)?
• How will you represent PIONEER SPECIES that take advantage of
rainforest disturbance?
• How will you represent VINES?
• How will you represent the FOREST FLOOR with its colourful leaves
and buttress roots?
• How will you represent the RECYCLERS (like beetles and fungi)
that break down organic matter into nutrients?
Conditions
Try to address all
of the questions above.
Show the colours of
the rainforest.
All stages of rainforest
growth should be represented in your picture.
If necessary, label
your picture to make it easier to understand.
Focus Question:
How do tropical rainforests evolve?
1.3 Rainforest Unwrapped
Design a model
…that shows
how a rainforest functions.
Questions to ask yourself
• How will you represent SUNLIGHT and its effects at the canopy
and on the forest floor?
• How will you represent PLANTS COMPETING for sunlight?
• How will you represent FOOD WEBS and the way herbivorous animals
rely on the rainforest?
• How will you represent the RELATIONSHIP between animal death and
rainforest growth?
• How will you represent the RELATIONSHIP between animals and plants?
• How will you represent the WATER CYCLE in the rainforest?
• How will you represent the WATER CYCLE and the relationship between
the mountain ranges of the Wet Tropics and the rainforest?
Conditions
Try to address all
of the questions above.
Make your model out
of recycled products – be creative!
Photosynthesis, the
water cycle and food webs need to be included in your model.
If necessary, label
your model to make it easier to understand.
Focus Question:
How do tropical rainforests evolve?
1.4 A Gap in the Canopy
Draw a picture
…that shows
how a rainforest functions.
Questions to ask yourself
• How will you represent SUNLIGHT and its effects at the canopy
and on the forest floor?
• How will you represent PLANTS COMPETING for sunlight?
• How will you represent FOOD WEBS and the way herbivorous animals
rely on the rainforest?
• How will you represent the RELATIONSHIP between animal death and
rainforest growth?
• How will you represent the RELATIONSHIP between animals and plants?
• How will you represent the WATER CYCLE in the rainforest?
• How will you represent the WATER CYCLE and the relationship between
the mountain ranges of the Wet Tropics and the rainforest?
Conditions
Try to address all
of the questions above.
Show the colour of
the rainforest.
Photosynthesis, the
water cycle and food webs need to be included in your picture.
If necessary, label
your picture to make it easier to understand.
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