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Science
Connections
While language arts is the curricular focus of the adventure, The Song
of the Harpy Eagle also directly connects to the science curriculum since
it is set in the Amazon rain forest, focuses on rain forest animals and uses
many rain forest related vocabulary words. As students encounter animals in
the adventure, have them research scientific information about those animals.
How does the information they uncover connect with what they learn in the
adventure and, in particular, how does it pertain to the lyrics of the animal's
song?
One of the adventure's Interactive Activities, Scientific Wonders,
focuses on science. When completing this activity, students research and take
notes on survival strategies employed by rain forest animals and scientific
information that will help them to 'survive' the journey. Sell these
activities to students by telling them that, in order to survive in the rain
forest, complete the quest and learn the important secret of 'the Forest
Protector,' they must use their brains!
Note: We recommend that you review the different Scientific Wonders
activities before having your students complete them, determining which
meet your curricular objectives and will fit in the time frame in which you
are working. (Some may be too advanced for your students or require more time
than you might have available. If so, simply skip them.) Go to the Adventure
Guide for Teachers for quick links
to these activities for review.
