Transcript Music and PE - Sky Rainforest Rescue

The honey bear’s tongue is 13cm long! Useful for reaching the nectar
from the inside of flowers and hanging fruits up high in the canopy.
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The sloth spends most
of its time hanging
upside down.
He has strong hooked
claws like coat
hangers.
He moves around the
trees very slowly
climbing down to the
forest floor only once a
week to go to the toilet!
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The harpy eagle is one of the biggest and strongest birds of
prey in the world. It has a wing span of 2 metres.
The basilisk, also known as the Jesus Christ lizard is able to run at speeds of up to
133 metres per minute.
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The rocket frog is only 5cm long, but it can jump a distance of
5.25m in one leap!
That’s 105 times its own length!
Who makes that noise?
Listen to these
noises from
animals which live
in the Amazon
rainforest and
guess what they
could be.
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Who makes that noise?
Play audio file 1.
Which animal do you think
made that sound?
It was a poison dart frog’s
call!
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Who makes that noise?
Play audio file 2.
Which animal do you
think made that
sound?
It was a scarlet
macaw!
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Who makes that noise?
Play audio file 3.
Which animal do you
think made that sound?
It was a jaguar’s roar!
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Who makes that noise?
Play audio file 4.
Which animal do you think
made that sound?
It was a howler monkey’s
howl!
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The layers of the Amazon
Rainforests are very tall, dense forests made up
of loads of plants and animals.
They can be separated into four different layers:
• Forest floor
• Understory
• Canopy
• Emergent layer
Different plants and animals live in each layer…
The layers of the Amazon
The layers of the Amazon
Emergent layer
This is the tops of the tallest
trees in the forest. They can
be up to 200 feet tall! This
layer gets lots of sunlight.
The layers of the Amazon
Canopy
This is the main roof and
busiest part of the forest.
All the treetops grow
closely together to catch
most of the sun. There
are lots of fruits and
flowers to eat which
means a lot of animals
live in this layer.
The layers of the Amazon
Understory
This layer is made up of
smaller trees and plants.
Not much sunlight gets
through the layer above
so the plants have big
leaves to catch the
sunlight where they can.
The layers of the Amazon
Forest floor
Hardly any sunlight reaches the
bottom layer so it is dark and
stuffy in this layer. Not many
plants can grow down here but
there are lots of dead leaves
which have fallen from above
which makes it a paradise for
insects.
The layers of the Amazon
Different animals live in the different layers and might
spend all their time there.
This might be because they can stay safe from predators
or because the only food they eat is in a specific layer.
The layers of the Amazon
Emergent layer
These high tree tops are home
to some of the biggest birds in
the Amazon along with bats,
butterflies and even snakes.
• Harpy eagle
• Blue morpho butterfly
• Scarlet macaw
The layers of the Amazon
Canopy
There are plenty of animals
keen to get at the fruits
which can be found in the
roof of the forest.
• Toucan
• Squirrel monkey
• Coati
The layers of the Amazon
Understory
The understory is very hot and
damp so is well suited to frogs as
well as some birds and snakes.
• Vine snake
• Tree frog
• Hummingbird
The layers of the Amazon
Forest floor
The forest floor is full of
insects who survive by eating
the leaves which fall to the
floor. Other larger mammals
also live here.
• Funnel web spider
• Tapir
• Hercules beetle
Life cycles
Every animal and plant
has a life cycle which
can be used to describe
its life, from when it is
born to when it dies.
Different animals go
through different stages
in their life cycle.
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Life cycles
Butterfly
The butterfly
lays eggs
The butterfly
mates with
another butterfly.
A butterfly
emerges from
the chrysalis.
Caterpillars
hatch from the
eggs.
The caterpillar
turns into a
chrysalis.
The caterpillars
eat leaves and
start to grow.
Life cycles
Frog
Frogs feed on
insects and grow
larger. They can
survive in and out of
the water
A female frog
lays frog spawn.
This is then
fertilised by a
male.
The tadpoles
develop legs
and turn into
frogs.
The frogspawn
develop into
tadpoles.
Life cycles
Monkey
The female
monkey becomes
pregnant and the
baby grows in its
womb.
Two monkeys
mate.
The female
monkey gives
birth to a baby
monkey.
The baby stays
with his parents
while he grows
and learns to
survive.
The baby turns
into an adult
monkey capable
of surviving on
its own.