Where Rainforests Are

ScienceRainforestsAges 5–7

Know that rainforests are found in a belt around the middle of the Earth — in South America (the Amazon), Central Africa (the Congo), and Southeast Asia — and that they appear on every continent except Antarctica and Europe

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Locate three tropical rainforest regions in a schematic and distinguish tropical from temperate rainforest.

Activity

Can attend to a short explanation and respond orally, by pointing, drawing or writing; check relevant prerequisite understanding rather than assuming age proves readiness.

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blocked: Know that rainforests are found in a belt around the middle of the Earth — in South America (the Amazon), Central Africa (the Congo), and Southeast Asia — and that they appear on every continent except Antarctica and Europe
Exact source demand not established: Canonical exclusion of Europe is false for temperate rainforest; preserve source but do not teach it.; A verified geographical world map is not supplied. Exact world-map pointing remains blocked, not silently replaced by the schematic. Real observation/media-dependent evidence remains conditional where required.
blocked: Point to the Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asian rainforest regions on a world map
Exact source demand not established: Canonical exclusion of Europe is false for temperate rainforest; preserve source but do not teach it.; A verified geographical world map is not supplied. Exact world-map pointing remains blocked, not silently replaced by the schematic. Real observation/media-dependent evidence remains conditional where required.
partial: Explain that rainforests grow near the Equator where it is hot and wet all year
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
partial: Name at least two continents that have large rainforests
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
blocked: If you show {{name}} a world map, can they point to where rainforests grow — near the middle of the Earth in places like South America, Africa, and Asia?
Exact source demand not established: Canonical exclusion of Europe is false for temperate rainforest; preserve source but do not teach it.; A verified geographical world map is not supplied. Exact world-map pointing remains blocked, not silently replaced by the schematic. Real observation/media-dependent evidence remains conditional where required.

Canonical exclusion of Europe is false for temperate rainforest; preserve source but do not teach it.
A verified geographical world map is not supplied. Exact world-map pointing remains blocked, not silently replaced by the schematic.

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Point to the Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asian rainforest regions on a world map
Explain that rainforests grow near the Equator where it is hot and wet all year
Name at least two continents that have large rainforests

“If you show your child a world map, can they point to where rainforests grow — near the middle of the Earth in places like South America, Africa, and Asia?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: Science
Domain: Rainforests
Age range: Ages 5–7