Update Activities: Critters of Costa Rica

Create A New Animal

Worksheet included!

Grade Level: 3rd-5th

Subject: Biology

Time: 60- 90 minutes

Objective: Students will better understand physical adaptations of certain animals, and how those adaptations increase the animal's chances of survival.

Create a Critter Collage

Subject: Science

Grade Level: 3rd-5th

Time: 90 minutes

Objective: Students will create a display of animals found in the rainforest and be able to describe important details of that animal's habitat, features, characteristics, and adaptations. The students will have to group animals according to their class and define similarities and differences between animals of the same class.

Bird Feeding and Migration Observation

Worksheet included!

Subject: Science/ Mathematics

Grade Level: 2nd - 7th

Time: 15 minutes per day for the length of the adventure (though can be done in less)

Objective: Students will better understand the concept of bird migration through building a bird house to observe and record data within a given experiment.

Antonym Comparison of Animals and Me

Subject: Language Arts

Grade: 3rd -5th

Time: 45 minutes, plus research time

Objectives: Students will understand antonyms and how they're used for binary comparison by researching an animal and making connections to themselves.

Critters in Your Own Backyard

Worksheet included!

Subject: Science

Grade: 3rd-5th

Time: 2 90-minute periods

Objective: Students will understand that many animals, or related animals, found in their own backyard also make their home in the rainforest.

Costa Rican Food Chain

Worksheet included!

Subject: Biology

Grade Level: 4th-7th

Time: 2 50-minute periods

Objective: Students will undertand the natural predator-prey relationships that exist
inside of the rainforest. Students will also be able to place the animals and
relationships into natural, sequential order.