Lesson video

Hi, team.

I'm so excited to see you again.

Welcome back to another lesson with me, Mrs. Garrard.

Now, today in our lesson, we're going to learn about the different animals that live in the rainforest.

Let me share my screen and we'll get started.

So the first thing we're going to do today is we're going to need to gather some resources, then we're going to think about where animals live in the rainforest.

The next thing we will do is identify different animals that live in the rainforest, and finally, we're going to create a mask.

You will need some scissors and some string, a paper plate, some paint and a paintbrush.

Pause the video now to gather your resources, once you're ready, come back and press play.

So the first thing that we're going to do is think about where the animals live in the rainforest.

So as you can see from my slide, a rain forest has different layers.

The first layer at the very top of the tallest and highest trees is called the emergent layer.

The next later, the second layer is called the canopy, and that is made up of the branches, leaves and vines of the trees.

The third layer is called the understory.

The understory is made up of small trees, shrubs and undergrowth.

And the last layer, the fourth layer is the forest floor, which is dark and damp, and is all the way on the ground.

Let's recap.

There are four layers of the rainforest, the emergent layer.

My turn, emergent.

Your turn.

Great job.

That canopy.

My turn, canopy.

Your turn, canopy.

Great job.

Then there is the understory.

My turn, understory.

Your turn.

Great job.

Then finally there is the forest floor.

My turn, forest floor.

Your turn.

Great job.

Now, have a think.

Tell the screen, which is the tallest, the highest layer of the rainforest.

You can tell the screen now.

You're right, the emergent layer.

That's the highest layer of the rainforest.

Now, time to think again.

Hmm.

What things make up the canopy of the rainforest? What things make up the canopy? Tell the screen.

Great job.

I can hear that you're telling me, the branches, the leaves and vines make up the canopy of the rainforest.

Now, let's move on and find out about some of the animals that live in the different layers of the rainforest.

So we're going to identify some rainforest animals.

So I can see two pictures of two different types of birds.

These birds live in the emergent layer.

Remember, that's the highest layer of the rainforest.

The highest layer of the rainforest is really, really high.

It can be over 100 feet from the ground.

It's wet and breezy at the top of the rainforest.

It can be extremely hot too.

These birds like to live up there in the tops of the trees.

I can see a scarlett macaw, two scarlet macaws, and a harpy eagle.

They like to live in the emergent layer.

The harpy eagle likes to hunt its prey in the canopy.

And animals often move between layers of the rainforest, so they might live right at the top and hunt like the harpy eagle in the canopy.

Animals that live in the canopy of the rainforest are animals like bats.

You can see a bat hanging upside down.

Oh, and I can see a bird with a really big orange beak, that bird is called a toucan.

My turn, toucan.

Your turn, toucan.

Great job.

A toucan likes to live in the canopy of the rainforest.

The next picture is of a type of monkey.

It's a Howler monkey.

My turn, Howler monkey.

Your turn, Howler monkey.

Great job.

Then there is a picture of a sloth.

He is hanging from one of the vines that make up the canopy.

Sloths are really, really slow.

They move really slowly through the vines and the canopy of the rainforest.

The next picture is of a frog, and it's called a Red-eyed tree frog.

Can you see why? Yeah, it has red eyes.

Oh, my goodness.

A Red-eyed tree frog.

He likes to live in the canopy too.

And the final picture is of a lemur.

A lemur is a type of animal that likes to live in the canopy.

The canopy of the rainforest is made of branches and leaves.

And it's still very high up, but it's not as high as the emergent layer.

Animals that live in the rainforest understory.

So the understory is halfway between the canopy and the rainforest floor.

This part of the rainforest is made up of leafy bushes, smaller trees and vines.

Bats like to live in the rainforest canopy and the understory.

They move between the layers.

And I can see a little ant that is carrying a really big piece of leaf.

This is a leaf cutter ant.

And leaf cutter ants live in the understory of the rainforest, just like the bat.

And I can see a lizard too.

Can you see the green lizard? He likes to live there too.

And also a snake.

The snake lives in the understory of the rainforest, and it drops down to catch its prey on the forest floor.

Finally, these are the animals that live on the forest floor.

I can see that the first picture is a picture of an anteater.

Can you see his really long snout? He has a really long snout and really sharp claws on his paws.

He uses his claws to dig up ant hills, and then he uses his snout to push it down.

And he has a really, really long tongue that is sticky and the little ants stick to it and he eats them, that's what an anteater does.

He needs to live on the rainforest floor because that's where the ant hills are.

Next, there's a picture of a jaguar.

Can you see him? He's hiding in the bushes of the rainforest floor.

And that's what he does to find his prey, to hunt his prey.

So he needs the cover of the bushes and foliage of the rainforest floor.

The next animal is a tapir and he also likes to live on the rainforest floor.

The anteater, tapir and the Jaguar live in South American rainforest.

But the animals that are on the second row of my slide, they live in the African rainforest.

In the African rainforest you might find gorillas, an okapi, it's a strange looking creature, and a pygmy hippo.

Can you see the middle picture is of a funny looking creature, it's called an okapi.

My turn, okapi.

Your turn, okapi.

Great job.

The okapi lives in the rainforest, and can you see that his coat is quite dark, and you can't really see it, but his bottom has got stripes on it, a little bit like zebra stripes.

That's to help camouflage him in the dappled light of the rainforest.

So on the rainforest floor, it's very dark and dull, because not much light can get through all the leaves and foliage.

Can you see that the okapi has really big ears? That's to help him listen out for predators.

He can't see very well in the dark of the rainforest floor, so he has really big ears to help him listen out for animals like the jaguar that might be trying to catch him for his tea.

Now, we've met some of the animals that live in the rainforest, it's time for us to think about creating our mask.

Watch the video and listen carefully to my instructions.

So I have two paper plates.

One is slightly bigger than the other one.

Can you see that I'm drawing an outline on my first paper plate? I'm drawing the face of my creature.

And then I'm going to use my scissors very carefully to cut along the outline that I've drawn.

And you see, I'm holding the paper plate in one hand and using the scissors in the other.

And I'm being careful to move the plates around so that I can cut on the line.

I'm trying hard to stay on the line I've drawn.

There we go.

Cutting around.

Oh, there we go.

Move that piece to the side.

This is the piece that I'm going to use on my other plate.

So on my other plate, I've drawn two circles.

They are going to be the ears of my creature.

I need to cut them out very carefully once again.

Cutting around, moving the plate around so that I can cut on the line.

If you need some help, if you're just learning how to use scissors, you could ask an adult to help you with this part.

My animal has two ears.

One.

Nearly cut out.

Nearly all the way around.

Two.

There we go.

Now, the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to use some glue to stick the ears in place on my mask.

One.

Two.

Little bit of glue at the bottom to stick it in place at the top of the animal's head.

I wonder if you've guessed what animal I'm making here.

Hmm.

Put the lid back on my glue.

Look, I've left it off.

Oh, my goodness.

That's a bit silly.

It will dry out.

Oh, the animal that I'm making is brown cause I'm using brown paint to paint the paper plate with the ears.

I'm going to cover all of the plate with my brown paint, and then I'll have to be super patient and wait for it to dry.

Now, I've got a lighter coloured paint.

This is a pinky peachy colour, and I'm painting the piece of plate that I cut out with that colour.

That's going to be the face of the creature that I'm making.

Now, I've waited.

Can you see that I've waited? Not quite long enough, it's still a little bit damp, but I've waited till it's dry enough for me to do the next bit.

So I need to put some glue on the back of the face of my creature, and then I'm going to stick it onto the head.

Can you see? I wonder if you can see what it is yet.

I think it's starting to look a little bit like the animal that I'm making.

Tell the screen if you guessed.

Oh, you have guessed, it is a monkey.

Can you see, I've cut out a strip of paper to make the mouth? I've cut out a strip of black paper to make the mouth, and then a little bit of red paper is stuck inside to make the tongue.

Now, this piece that I'm about to do now is cut the eyes, but that's really, really tricky.

Oh, I find it difficult and I'm a grownup.

So you could ask an adult to help you.

You have to bend the plate in half, cut a little snip, and then poke your scissors through, and cut around in a circle.

It's really fiddly, and your fingers get quite close to the scissors, so you could ask an adult to do this part for you.

You see? Cutting around in a circle.

One eye.

Now, I'll have to do the same thing again to make the other eye.

Can you see how I bend the plate in half? It's tricky.

Then make a snip.

And then cut around to make the eye.

Nearly there.

Lost a little bit.

See how I have to move my fingers out of the way? There we go.

Now, what else is missing on my monkey? I need to add some more of his features.

So I'm going to add some eyebrows, and a nose.

And some little lines to make it look like he's quite happy.

And that's my monkey mask.

Let me show you a picture of it.

There we go.

So I chose to make a monkey mask because that's one of the animals that I like from the rainforest, but you could choose a different animal.

Maybe you'll paint your mask black.

Make the same shapes as I've made, but paint it black.

And it could be a gorilla, maybe, or choose to make a leopard.

Maybe you'll choose to make a parrot and use bright colours, I'm not sure, that's up to you to decide.

Team, that's the end of our lesson today.

I've really enjoyed learning about the animals that live in different layers of the rainforest.

And I hope you have enjoyed it too.

It's time for me to say goodbye now.

Bye.

Until next time, team.

See you later.