Rainforest Animals

ScienceAnimals of the WorldAges 7–9

Explore animals of the tropical rainforest — the most species-rich habitat on Earth — learning that the forest has layers (canopy, understory, forest floor) with different animals at each level: toucans and monkeys in the canopy, jaguars and frogs on the floor, and that rainforests are found near the equator

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Describe rainforest layers without treating each animal as trapped on one floor.

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Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.

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Use the supplied cross-section as a text diagram; it is a generalised tropical forest, not a map of one site. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.

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partial: Explore animals of the tropical rainforest — the most species-rich habitat on Earth — learning that the forest has layers (canopy, understory, forest floor) with different animals at each level: toucans and monkeys in the canopy, jaguars and frogs on the floor, and that rainforests are found near the equator
Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.
partial: Names at least 4 rainforest animals from different layers
Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.
partial: Describes the rainforest as having layers (canopy, understory, forest floor)
Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.
partial: Explains that rainforests are near the equator and are hot and wet
Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.
partial: Recognises that rainforests have more species than almost any other habitat
Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.
partial: If {{name}} watches a documentary about rainforests, can they describe at least three animals that live there and explain that different animals live at different heights in the forest — some in the treetops and some on the ground?
Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.

Layer recall and habitat matching using four supplied animal names; unaided animal naming is not assessed; no documentary viewing, species census or local observations.

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Names at least 4 rainforest animals from different layers
Describes the rainforest as having layers (canopy, understory, forest floor)
Explains that rainforests are near the equator and are hot and wet
Recognises that rainforests have more species than almost any other habitat

“If your child watches a documentary about rainforests, can they describe at least three animals that live there and explain that different animals live at different heights in the forest — some in the treetops and some on the ground?”

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Type: Conceptual
Subject: Science
Domain: Animals of the World
Age range: Ages 7–9