Follow Andy from CBeebies on his animal adventures around the world -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01kpzzt/andys-wild-adventures
Enjoy some breath taking videos from David Attenborough –
https://www.youtube.com/BBCEarth
Learn about the different habitats around the world from these BBC bitesize clips -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx882hv
Find fun facts, information and videos about your favourite animals -
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/animals/
Watch live videos of these animals in San Diego Zoo -
Lottie’s Letters online story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lsD2Rxiuo
10 Things I can do to Help my World online story – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG_Yu-M3nac
My Green Day online story – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHwlDDMUfKo
1. Explore the rainforest – ecology for kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdD6TTDZ_g
2. This is a slightly longer video. This is a link to an episode from an amazing series called Our Planet, narrated by David Attenborough. It is a wonderful and immersive way to see the variety of life foun in rainforests and jungles.
- Can you make a paper chain pythons. All you need are strips of paper and some glue.
- Take the first strip of paper and put a little glue on the end, joining it together to make a hoop.
- Take the next strip and feed it through the middle of your hoop, joining it together with glue.
- Repeat until you have a long python!
- Don't forget to give your python 2 eyes and a tongue
- How well do you know your number bonds? Test your knowledge and skill in this interactive game found on Twinkl. You have to get as many number bonds to 10 as you can before the time runs out. Good luck!
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go/resource/T-GO-01-number-bonds-1-to-10
- Why don’t you create an animal profile for one or more of your favourite jungle or rainforest animals? The following link will take you to a video detailing some animals that can be found in the jungle and rainforest.
Meet the animals of the Amazon rainforest - Lonely Planet Kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGb35d-F1kw
After you have chosen which animal you would like to learn more about you could start by researching what the animal has, eats and can do, similar to the following examples.
Why not also research which rainforest the animal lives in? Which country or countries is the rainforest located in? Which layer of the rainforest does the animal live in?
- It is a sad fact that many animals found in jungles and rainforests are endangered. However, there are ways in which we can help. Why don’t you create a poster to help educate others on an endangered species found in the jungle or rainforest?
The following video is a short song describing some of the endangered animals found in jungles and rainforests around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vn_BMapo7g
When working on your poster think about why they are going endangered? What can we do to help? Why are they important to the ecosystem?
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Can you make a rain stick?
All you need to make this instrument are:
- A cardboard tube (like the middle of a kitchen roll or a pringles tube)
- Dried rice, lentils or pasta (for the filling)
- Sellotape or duct tape
- Whatever you would like to decorate your rain stick
- Seal one end of your cardboard tube with sellotape of duct tape, you don’t want the inside spilling out!
- Fill your tube about a ¼ of the way full with your chosen filling. (You could try putting in a thin crinkled piece of tinfoil to help with the sound).
- Seal the top of your tube with more sellotape or duct tape
- Decorate your rain stick and enjoy turning it over to hear the sound of rain!
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Why not explore the different levels of the rainforest? The following video briefly explains the 4 different levels of the rainforest. The emergent layer, the canopy, the understory and the forest floor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy2UENSgZ6A
Maybe you could create a collage showing the different levels and what live there?
- Or perhaps if you’re feeling super creative you could create a 3D model of the rainforest like the following. Have fun!
Art for Kids
Below are the links to a few videos showing you how to draw some exciting animals found in this habitat.
- A sloth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xi3GaS7Zaw&list=PL8KQFIqVI8toHfNLNnW3HvV5mz1QRUGqO&index=1
- A monkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLtvcUEo2UE&list=PL8KQFIqVI8toHfNLNnW3HvV5mz1QRUGqO&index=2
- A red eyed tree frog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vm9N1c_eIg&list=PL8KQFIqVI8toHfNLNnW3HvV5mz1QRUGqO&index=4
- A rattlesnake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f2ZldW1sOI&list=PL8KQFIqVI8toHfNLNnW3HvV5mz1QRUGqO&index=5
- A parrot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiI2sWm-AlU&list=PL8KQFIqVI8toHfNLNnW3HvV5mz1QRUGqO&index=8
Science
Do leaves breathe?
A fun experiment! Whilst you are outside pull a leaf from a tree. Fill up a clear cup with water and place the leaf into the cup, pushing it under the water. Place the cup in a sunny window and wait for at least an hour before checking. What can you see? Is there any evidence that the leaf is breathing? (There should be some bubbles of forming on the leaf).
Cosmic kids Jungle Safari.docx
au-sc-2001-parts-of-african-animals-cut-and-paste-activity-sheets_ver_11.pdf
Grasslands stories.docx
t-n-7340-africa-missing-number-1-to-20-activity-.pdf
T-N-2877-3D-Shape-Animals.pdf
T-T-5665-Safari-African-Elephant-Information-Powerpoint_ver_2.ppt
T-T-6465-African-Surprise-Addition-Sheet_ver_2.pdf
T-T-11670-Safari-Alphabet-Ordering-Worksheets.pdf
T-T-24536-Walking-through-the-Jungle-EYFS-Home-Learning-Challenge-Sheet-Reception-FS2_ver_1.pdf
T-T-26790-Dancing-Giraffe-Themed-Up-to-20-Addition-Sheet.pdf
t-tp-094-jungle-animal-themed-subtraction-activity-sheet_ver_1.pdf
t-t-2544866-jungle-mindfulness-colouring-sheets.pdf
t-tp-5392-african-animals-have-eat-can-writing-frames-_ver_1.pdf
t-tp-5942-addition-and-subtraction-sheets-to-support-teaching-on-handas-surprise-activity-sheet-.pdf
- Can you make your own polar bear footprints and use them to do some measuring? How many footprints long is your bed? You could even do some estimating! Could you estimate how many footprints long your kitchen is? Were you right? Here is a handy template to get you started.
- Maybe you could practise making some addition number sentences? Here is a fun 'I Spy' activity where you can try and spot the different polar animals and then create your own addition number sentences using the frame to help you.
- You could do some active Maths too. Why don't you create your own number line and do the penguin waddle! Can you pretend to be a penguin and waddle down the line saying the numbers? Can you waddle backwards down the line? Can you waddle down the numbers in twos? Happy penguin waddling!
- You could pretend to be Miki from the story 'A Dot in the Snow' and write a postcard to the 'little red dot' telling her all about what you have been doing.
- You could pretend to be the penguin from 'Lost and Found' and write a list of the things you would take on your journey to the South Pole.
- There are also some lovely writing templates about the things that you might see in the Arctic which are linked below.
- Maybe you could pick one of your favourite polar animals and label them too.
The Penguins Packing List Activity Sheet.pdf
t-tp-6471-arctic-writing-stimulus-picture-activity-sheet-_ver_1-2.pdf
- Can you make a winter den for an Arctic animal?
- Maybe you could recreate your favourite polar animal using recycled materials like newspaper, cotton wool, shredding or toilet roll tubes.
- How do polar animals stay warm in icy water? Check out the link below to the Blubber Gloves experiment to investigate how animals that live in the polar regions keep warm. This is such a fun experiment, albeit a little messy!
- Is ice sticky? - all you need is ice, string and salt.
- Can you make ice grow?
- There is also a recipe here for Arctic Foam Cloud Dough - just for fun!