The Rain Forest

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• The Shaman's Apprentice by Lynne Cherry
• Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• colored pencils or crayons
• glue
• Science Journal (kit)
• colored pencils
• colored pencils and/or crayons
• construction paper (kit)
• clay (kit)
• crayons, colored pencils, or markers
• picture books about the rain forest

Lesson 2

• small plastic cups (kit)
• small toy frog (kit)
• tape
• toilet paper roll (kit)
• variety of spices
• blue, pink, and green construction paper (kit)
• note cards (kit)
• paint and other materials* (2.6 - optional)
• recipe ingredients

Lesson 3

• ruler (kit)
• measuring cup
• balance or small scale
• bathroom scale
• tape measure
• tape or glue

Lesson 4

• colored pencils or markers

Lesson 5

• blank white paper (kit)
• "Endangered Species Masks" pages (kit)
• mask-making materials or face paint* (5.5 - optional)
• colored pencils or fabric paints
• string (kit)
• t-shirt* (5.6 - optional)

Final Project

• various other diorama supplies
• pipe cleaners (kit)
• a variety of brochures for your child to peruse
• Diorama Cutouts (kit)
• gravel (kit)
• large shoe box or similar box
• legal size paper (kit)
• markers

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used