Mariposa reluctantly journeys to the Amazon rain forest to meet her uncle. Her adventures with tribal children, shamans, scientists, and amazing wildlife reveal the hidden purpose of her trip.

Complete primary IIM units on Rainforests

For two years Rajindra Puri lived and hunted with the Penan Benalui people in the rainforest of eastern Borneo in Indonesia. Here he reports on Penan hunting techniques, the knowledge required to be a successful hunter, and the significance of hunting for Penan communities. A hunt offers the opportunity for younger Penan to learn crucial survival skills, knowledge of the environment, local geography, genealogy, history, and beliefs and values. Songs and stories recount hunting adventures and legends, while ceremonial dances demonstrate the coordination and agility required of the expert hunter. The author makes a case for using active participant-observation, in conjunction with standard ethnobiological research methods, for documenting non-verbal knowledge. Included here are 21 months of hunting records and comprehensive appendices on game species and ethnobiological data. This work will be useful to anthropologists, conservation biologists, and those interested in Indonesian ethnobiology.

Children will delight in discovering the many plants and animals who call the rain forest home in a clever adaptation of the song The Green Grass Grows All Around.

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Included in this unit are 33 reproducible information cards and worksheets with answer keys. Topics of research include farming, hunting and fishing, harvesting, Amazon villages, family life, Amazon children, music and dancing, spirits of the forest, chiefs and warriors, and changing ways of life. 70 activities.

"Describes the work of Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and other scientists in tropical and temperate rain forest canopies"--Provided by publisher.