The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy by Kathryn Lasky is now utilized as a key component in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) learning units in several states. The story is of particular interest to this website because it is based on the journey of ‘CanopyMeg’ and her children into the rainforest, and addresses the specific scientific investigations they undertook in a novel format.
Seeing ecoliteracy embraced in a formal capacity across the nation is a wonderful indictment of our country’s growing awareness and understanding of the importance of education around environmental issues and the wider world around us. What’s more, it is teaching this in a way that is enthralling and engaging, helping to fetch new generations of potential biologists to the fore to assist us better understand and safeguard our planet.
Understanding Ecoliteracy
Ecoliteracy is an essential skill for children to learn from as early an age as possible, and this book provides a wonderful introduction into that world that can be accessible to children of all ages, with the right
Study Guide “The Most Beautiful Roof in the World” Please lay the question back into the answer in a complete sentence. Write on a separate, lined piece of paper with a complete heading. 1. Meg has three specific questions she wants to answer in the rain forest. What are they? 2. What was Harriet Tubman’s true job? Why does Meg speak she was “a pioneer field naturalist, one of the first women field naturalists in this country”? 3. How many species can be found in a 16 square foot section of Blue Creek? 4. What is the “broccoli” of the Cerulean Creek rain forest? 5. Illustrate a “jumar”. 6. What does Meg use to walk around in the rain forest canopy? tree branches ropes wooden platforms 7. What are some “distinct regions” in the canopy? 8. The book says Meg takes “snapshots” of leaf-eating activity. She doesn’t use a camera – what does she do? 9. What does “regurgitate” mean? 10. What two animals produce “epiphytes”? (And what does “excrete” mean?) For the remainder, read pages 503 – 505 and create sure you understand what’s creature said there. Pay special a
The Most Beautiful Roof in the WorldThe Most Beautiful Roof in the World
Exploring the Rainforest Canopy
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Describes the work of Meg Lowman in the rainforest canopy, an area unexplored until the last ten years and home to previously unknown species of plants and animals.
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