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// **Teacher Created Projects for Latin American Ecosystems Institute - 2011** //
//**Hunting Down Rainforest Treasues.**// Laura Calton, Melissa Baker, Sandra Davis Overview: To build background knowledge as a link to promote better understanding of the scientific connections between butterfly -plant interactions in a museum setting simulating a rainforest system. Grade Level: 2-3 Standards Addressed: SC.1.L.14.2, SC.1.L.14.3, SC.1.L.17.1, SC.1.N.1.2, SC.1.L.16.1, SC.2.L.16.1, SC.2.L.17.2, SC.2.N.1.5, SC.2.N.1.6, SC.3.L.14.1, SC.3.L.15.1, SC.3.L.17.2, SC.3.N.1.6

//**Adapters.**// Kari Watkins, Patricia Padgett Overview: Grade Level: Standards Addressed:

Luther Lee, Jannie Wims, Donna Frankenhauser Grade Level: Standards Addressed:
 * //Energy from the Sun: Food Chain.//**

Holly Hale, Kimberly Bracken, Tricia Coburn Overview: Grade Level: Standards Addressed:

Janna Welch, Meida Barrio, Lisa Modola Grade Level: **2nd and 3rd** Standards Addressed:
 * Science** SC. 2.L.17.1, SC.2.L.17.2
 * Social Studies ** SS.2.G.1.1, SS.2.G.1.3, SS.2.E.1.1
 * Math ** MA.2.G.5.1, MA.2.G.3.1, MA.2.G.3.4, MA.2.G.3.3
 * Reading/Language Arts ** LA.2.1.6.1, LA.2.1.7.3 LA.2.3.2.1, LA.2.4.1.1, LA.2.4.2.2, LA.2.4.3.1, LA.2.5.2.4

Cecelia Regan Overview: Grade Level: Standards Addressed:

**Other Ideas**

**-Letters to legislators about environmental issues** **-Art/posters for environmental campaigns** **-**

[] Ecotourism has become popular among people interested in both environmental conservation and sustainable development. It has been called a way to save the rainforest and a "win-win development strategy for undeveloped rural areas. "In many situations, however, ecotourism fails to deliver on its promise. Many researchers have studied ecotourism's failures as well as its successes. In this game, you can try your hand at developing an ecotourism project in the Amazon. Can you make ecotourism sustainable?


 * Sample Teacher Created Projects through Tulane University**

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Interdisciplinary Environmental Activities about Costa Rica, Grades 6-9
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