Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: How Scientists Communicate about Living Things of the Rainforest

Opening Video:
http://vimeo.com/28665590

Rainforests of the World
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/003/cache/mt-des-voeux_300_600x450.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/The_Jungle_Ultra_Wildlife.jpg
http://www.rainforestproducts.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-rainforest.jpg
http://www.lovethesepics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Red-and-Green-Macaws-DO-grow-on-trees-in-the-Amazon.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Amazonian_rainforest_2.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0NTRqA1GAcg/TB5nuFBzlrI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/mDPKSTrUeDg/s1600/Monteverde+Rainforest,+Costa+Rica.jpg
http://www.cwu.edu/~rosekar/frogimage.jpg
http://www.australia.com/contentimages/explore-itineraries-rainforest-way.jpg
http://classbb.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dominican_rainforest_by_lyntess.jpg
http://cdn-www.trails.com/imagecache/articles/295x195/amazon-rainforest-animals-295x195.png

Researchers in the Rainforest
http://www.fredhoogervorst.com/photo/10643c/
http://images.epals.com/media/3580.nadkarni.jpg
http://alcoa.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553e967d588340153906f3233970b-800wi
http://www.edtechlens.com/rainforest-kids-science-meet-tom/
http://esciencenews.com/files/images/20081023689681.jpg
http://images.gizmag.com/hero/earthwatch.jpg
http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2012/06/science-061512-004-617x416.jpg