Rainforest Activity 2
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​Living Between the Layers

Many animal species live in one layer of the rainforest, but feed or sleep in anothers.

​1. Watch the Life in the World's Tropical Rainforests presentation.
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​2. Download and print the Levels of the Rainforest Matching Game board and tiles:

rainforest Game Tiles

Levels of a Rainforest Game Board

In the Life in the World's Tropical Rainforests presentation, we provided examples of animals that live at multiple layers of the rainforest for a variety of reasons. Our examples include the poison dart frog, the cock-of-the-rock bird, the capuchin monkey, and the harpy eagle.

​Calling on what you learned in the presentation, use the Levels of a Rainforest game board and tiles to...

​3. Research and Explore:
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• Name 5 species that live in one layer of the rainforest, but make use of other layers

 

• How do they use the layers?

 

• What properties of their rainforest invite those species to make use of multiple layers?

The tufted capuchin monkey lives in the canopy, but descends to the forest floor for nuts and seeds.

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