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Exploring the Rainforest
Florida Museum of Natural HistoryA Quick Peek About Your Upcoming Field Trip
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Follow the steps on my guide for locating your Rainforest Treasures!
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• Directions: Partners take turns sharing pencils and data recording sheets
• Use empirical senses to locate items
• Keep voices and hands at controlled levels while in the museum
• Make observations you can remember to write about later
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Let’s Preserve Our Planet
• What do all living things need to survive on planet earth?
• What Eco systems support life on earth?
• Can you see examples of Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Climate Consistency and Reproduction Ability in the Rainforest?
• Can you locate the continents where rainforest climates exist?
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Make sure you take the time to learn as much as possible while on your hunt. The Museum allows us to experience real places
studied in school.
• The Americas have land with climates to support Rainforest
• South America and Central America have large areas of Rainforest
Florida
Central America
Mexico
South America
North America
Brazil
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Look for these details!• Use the many display features in the museum on your hunt for Rainforest
treasures.
• Look for all animal groups: fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects, and mammals.
• Be aware of the how animals and plants depend upon each other.
• Examine each plant location in the soil and its parts: leaf shapes, colors, size, veins, flowers, pollen, stems, pistol, stamen, and brackets.
• Observe how the butterflies interact with the plants.
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Read Display Boards to Help in Your Hunt
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Butterfly pollination is responsible for the Rainforest ability to produce food for the many animals who live
there.
• Life cycles of different species depend upon plants nectar and host plants to live
• The main purpose of butterflies is to pollinate and continue reproducing their cycle
• Climate control is vital for these insects to continue living
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Fruits Grow in the Real RainforestSome Species Need Fruit Feeders to Live
• Many butterflies use camouflage to survive.
• Tell some ways nature helps them to hide from prey.
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Amphibians play a big part in the Rainforest
ecosystems
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Many species of frogs live in the Amazon.They are very colorful and have plenty of food!
• What do you know about amphibians?
• What do you want to learn about them?
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Plants in the Rainforest provide butterflies with shelter, protection, nectar, food and pollen.
Each plant serves as a host or nectar for different
butterflies!
Drip leaves keep the plants healthy
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Some Plants Can Digest Insects!
• The museum has models of plants from the Rainforest
• Estimate how many kinds of leaves you think you will see in the Butterfly Rainforest
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Many More Birds Live in the Real Rainforest than the Museum Butterfly
Garden
• What kind of birds are allowed in the Museum Rainforest?
• Why aren’t other birds Living there?
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Water is a Precious Resource of the Rainforest
• You will need to look for fish.
• See if you can locate some reptiles.
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The Museum has Experts to Answer Your Questions. Listen and Learn from Them.
• We are the mammals in the butterfly habitat.
• Use only your eyes to learn about their world!
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Enjoy Your Visit!