In partnership with educators across the US, the Morpho Institute is actively developing curriculum resources that use the Amazon rainforest to engage K-12 students in making local to global connections.
Morpho's Interrupted Case Studies on Community-based Conservation
Using these interrupted case studies, students will learn about the Maijuna indigenous people’s use of forest products, as an approach to community-based conservation in Peru. Students will take the perspective of a visitor to a Maijuna village to learn about their conservation success story and uncover how to be an agent of change in their home community. As the story unfolds, students are asked to answer questions, reflect on conservation in their local community, and finally participate in a citizen science project.
Maijuna Stingless Beekeeping
Maijuna Palm Fruit Harvesting
Maijuna Wildlife Management
From our Partners
Use camera trap data in the Peruvian Amazon to examine mammal diversity in an Indigenous conservation area
This new, four-part series highlights visual adaptations of arthropods. Each video lesson comes with an Inquiry Exercise you can use to explore the bug world and see things in a new way.
Wildlife Rescue: Design a raft to rescue animals off an island in the Amazon River.
Rain Shelter: Design a model rain shelter to keep the Amazon conservation team dry!
Amazon Rainforest Conservation Virtual Venture: Help solve conservation challenges and help all types of rainforest animals.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Selected activities from the Science Museum of Minnesota's Tropical Rainforest: An Activity Guide for Teachers.
Inspiration & Discussion Cards
Curated from the Web
An ever growing set of resources and classroom connections curated from the web to help you find rainforest related topics to build awareness, teach key content, and educate for a sustainable future.
Teach about the Amazon with Nat Geo
