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A Rainforest Rendezvous:  Maps, Mural, and Mini Museum is a classroom center that allows students to explore the world of the rainforest through manipulation and action.  It provides directions to build a classroom "rainforest" using butcher and construction paper, and silk plants.  Tools and activities are provided for creating activities to be used in your classroom museum.

                                                       
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A Rainforest Rendezvous:  Classroom Setup Materials
provide items to extend your rainforest theme.  A Helpers Chart, yearly calendar, a goal tracking bulletin board, desk plates, hall passes, door sign, and reward tickets are also included.


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Cave Paintings and Petroglyphs
is an integrated thematic art unit, the first in a series of units that explore the history of art.  Students will learn about rock art and important sites through reading and writing a travel guide.  They will view, discuss, and evaluate art prints of the genre, and make a petroglyph reproduction using plaster of Paris.  Science and math activities will help them learn more about the porosity of rocks, patina, and scale drawings and reproductions.  Materials include a teacher's guide, student readers, worksheets to advance investigation, research, and artifact creation, study cards, maps, art prints, and vocabulary materials.  This unit is best suited for grades 3-8.

Cave Paintings & Petroglyphs:  Maps, Mural, Mini Museum

contains instructions on how to build a classroom mural of a cave on which students can paint their own reproductions of rock art (directions included).    The mural may be made with plain brown butcher paper, or the students may paint the background.  Classroom volunteers may help you create replicas of artifacts for students to "play" with. 

Nessie of the Loch
is an integrated thematic science unit focused on the origins, traditions, and scientific studies of the Loch Ness monster.  Students will learn about the history of the mystery in the Loch, how cryptozoologists work, they will research documented sightings of "Nessie" via the internet, and will make their own decision about the existence of the enigmatic animal.  Materials include a student newspaper at two different reading levels, vocabulary study cards and bookmarks, worksheets (geography, research, math, science, and art), drawing lessons, a game board for skill practice, and materials for a classroom center.  The unit takes 1-5 days to complete and is appropriate for grades 3-6.