Year 5/6 Topic Homework – Summer 1 – Rainforests
USEFUL WEBSITES
http://www.3dgeography.co.uk/#!rainforests/c23
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http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids
http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/homework/grainforest.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWbqBNDjQlk
http://www.livingrainforest.org
http://www.edenproject.com/
SCIENCE / COMPUTING
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Use your knowledge of the rainforest to
create your own imaginary creature. Draw,
make or describe in writing your new
creature.
Find out about biodiversity and create an
information text about it.
Write an explanation text about the
effects of deforestation.
Create a presentation on the computer
about rainforests.
DESIGN AND MAKE
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Design an outfit for an explorer.
Would they need any special tools or
gadgets?
Make an animal or tribal mask.
Create a model of a rainforest or a
jungle (maybe in a shoe box).
Make rainforest animal biscuits.
Draw, paint or make a collage of a
rainforest.
Make a board game testing others’
knowledge of key facts.
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Research a specific rainforest in detail
and create a fact file about it.
Discover your top ten favourite
rainforest creatures and write about /
draw them.
Find out about rainforest plants and
trees then draw and label them.
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RESEARCH
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CREATIVE WRITING
GEOGRAPHY
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Mark where rainforests are located on
a map of the world.
Find out the difference between
tropical and sub- tropical rainforests.
Find out about a tribe living in the
rainforest. What are their lives like?
How are their lives different to yours?
Present your findings as you wish.
What problems do the rainforests
face? Create a persuasive poster or
leaflet to save them.
Write an adventure story set in a
rainforest.
List ten things that you would really
miss if you were to go to live in a
rainforest and why,
Create an acrostic or rhyming poem.
Make a rainforest crossword or
word-search.
Imagine that you are a rainforest
explorer who has just returned from
a trip to the Amazon. You’re being
interviewed for ‘Rainforests Today’
magazine. Write your interview.
Make a set of ‘Did You Know?’ cards
to teach others about the
rainforests.
OUTDOORS & PERFORMANCE ARTS
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Create an adventure drama with your
friends about a rainforest
expedition.
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Plant a tree in your garden.
Create your own rainforest habitat
outdoors and make a film documentary
about it.
Compose a song about rainforest
creatures.
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