Overlap by the other end of this wall and staple, forming a cylinder.
P age 1 of 4
Cut here on paper cutter. This rectangle will form the cylindrical wall of the hut.
Piranha
Piranha
Piranha
Piranha
Piranha
Piranha
1. Cut out the individual rectangle shapes for each pattern.
2. For the poison dart frog, score the dotted line using a ruler and a paper scoring tool or the tip of a nail.
Press hard enough to crease paper but not tear it.
3. Fold the pattern rectangle for the poison dart frog and crease sharply along the dotted line.
4. With the rectangle folded, carefully cut along the pattern line and cut the animal out.
5. Open up the cut shape to reveal a symmetrical animal.
Poison Dart Frog
Poison Dart Frog
Poison Dart Frog
6. While open, color the entire top side of the poison dart frog’s body. Create patterns that are
symmetrical and colorful.
7. Color the bottom sides of the poison dart frog a solid color as part of these will show when mounted.
Do not fold the fish. Color it, cut it out, and then color the back side.
8. Let colored animal bodies dry, then refold with a sharp crease down the center dotted line.
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Before coloring, students can use a compass to inscribe concentric
arcs on the roof and a ruler to draw radial lines from the center out
to the circumference line. This will give them guidelines in drawing
patterns that radiate out from the tip of the cone-shaped roof.
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Rainforest Animal Patterns
SOLID lines are CUT; DOTTED lines are FOLD lines.
Follow the pictures on the “HOW TO” sheet to see how to build the platform, the hut and roof, and
the trees and foliage.
1. Print this pattern sheet on 11" x 17" card stock, one sheet per student.
2. Cut out the individual rectangle shapes for each pattern.
3. Score the dotted line using a ruler and a paper scoring tool or the tip of a nail. Press hard
enough to crease paper but not tear it.
4. Fold the pattern rectangle and crease sharply along the dotted line.
5. With the rectangle folded, carefully cut along the pattern line and cut the animal out.
6. Open up the cut shape to reveal a symmetrical animal.
7. While open, color the entire top side of all the animals’ bodies and the parrot’s wings. Create patterns that are symmetrical and colorful.
8. Color the bottom sides of the boa, the turtle, the caiman, and the parrot’s wings a solid color as part of these will show when mounted.
9. Let colored animal bodies dry, then refold with a sharp crease down the center dotted line.
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Class:
Mammals of the Amazon
Go onto the Internet and find the names
of five different mammals that live along
the Amazon River.
1.
Facts of the Amazon River
How long is the Amazon River?
1.
3.
2.
4.
3.
5.
4.
Birds of the Amazon
Go onto the Internet and find the names
of five different birds that live along the
Amazon River.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Which ocean does it empty into?
What is the name of the largest city on
the Amazon River?
Reptiles of the Amazon
Go onto the Internet and find the names
of five different reptiles that live along the
Amazon River.
2.
caiman
cone
corrugated
cylinder
Subsidiary Rivers of the
Amazon River
Go onto the Internet and find the names
of five different rivers that run or feed
into the Amazon River.
deforestation
diurnal
emergent
endangered
equator
1.
extinct
2.
flood plain
3.
forest floor
4.
habitat
herbivore
5.
Countries of the
Amazon River Basin
P
2. B
5.
3. C
1.
boa
circular
4.
Go onto the Internet and find the names
of five different fish that live in the
Amazon River.
biodiversity
carnivore
5.
1.
Fish of the Amazon
Words to Know
canopy
Name six countries that the Amazon River flows
through or drains through tributary rivers.
1.
3.
Why do a lot of tribal people living along
or near the Amazon build their houses on
platforms up on stilts?
Go onto the Internet and find the names
of five different tribes that live along the
Amazon River.
2.
Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are forests with tall trees,
warm climates, and lots of rain. In some
rainforests, it rains more than 1" nearly every
day of the year. Rainforests are found in Africa,
Asia, Australia, and Central and South America.
The largest rainforest in the world is the
Amazon Rainforest in South America.
Indigenous Peoples of the
Amazon River Basin
4. B
indigenous
layer
liana
macaw
mammal
nocturnal
omnivore
rectangle
refuge
reptile
5. E
river basin
6. V
threatened
tribe
2.
tributary river
3.
tropical rainforest
4.
understory
5.
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