Unit 1 Activities  
1 What Makes Up a Rainforest? 9 Rainforest Cryptosphere
2 Viewing the Rainforest 10 Animal/Plant Relationships
3 Making a Glossary 11 Valuing the Rainforest
4 Maps, Maps, Maps 12 Rainforest Guided Walk
5 Ancient Forests 13 Animals and Palnts at Risk
6 Biodiversity 14 Reporting on an Animal at Risk
7 Rainforest Features 15 Music Inspiring Poetry
8 Rainforest Food Web 16 Producing a Brochure

Activity 4 - Maps, Maps, Maps

Focus
Maps provide a spatial representation of rainforest distribution.

Background
The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is relatively small but contains a significant proportion of Australia’s rainforests. The following maps show regional, Australian and world rainforest distribution:
• Vegetation Map
• Eastern Australian Rainforests Map
• World Rainforests Map

Pedagogy/teaching strategies
Refer to Top Level Structures – Listing; Compare and Contrast

Activity Sequence
1. Compare Australia’s rainforest areas using the National Rainforest Distribution Table. Use a computer program to convert this information into a graphical representation (bar, pie or line graphs).
2. Examine the Vegetation Map. Note how the forests are fragmented. Propose a corridor plan that will connect major rainforest areas.
3. Use the World Rainforests Map to compare the area of the World Heritage Area with New Guinea, the Amazon, Congo and Asia. Arrange the countries in ascending order according to their area of rainforest.

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