ASSIGNMENTS

Do Now:
Introduction video on "what a rainforest means to a local people. In 300 words elaborate on the theme or message of the video.

1) Create a new page under your account. Type your response, then go to Pages and Files where you will "LOCK" YOUR RESPONSE.

Group Project Assignment:

• Students will research the global regions where environmental "hotspots" exist as a result of human activities.
• Identify the species that are now on the extinct list from a chosen global region.
• identify the species that live within the rainforest that are now on the list of extinction.

Use the Hotlinks below to complete this research assignment:

http://www.rainforesteducation.com/life/intro.htm
http://www.rainforest-facts.com/rainforest-ecosystem.html
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/what.html
http://www.well.com/~davidu/extinction.html
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=9&secNum=1

Hotlinks in Spanish
http://www.inbio.ac.cr/es/default.html