Boots, Bananas and Biodiversity
Interdisciplinary Environmental Activities about Costa Rica,
Grades 6-9
Boots, Bananas and Biodiversity (pdf - 419k)
- Contributors
- Preface
- Map of Costa Rica
- Table of Contents
- More Than Just Rain Forests: An Overview of Costa Rica
- Exploring the Geography of Costa Rica
Community Participation in Natural Resource Conservation and Wildlife Protection (pdf - 197k)
- Community Participation Activities List
- Activity 1: Building Cooperation
- Activity 2: What's Local?
- Activity 3: What's the Effect?
- Activity 4: Costa Rica Case Studies
- Activity 5: Your Favorite Island
- Activity 6: You Can Do It
Eco-Tourism (pdf - 186k)
- Eco-Tourism Activities List
- Overview
- Activity 1: Defining Eco-Tourism
- Activity 2: The (Ir)responsible Tourist
- Activity 3: A Tourist's Snapshot of Costa Rica's Biodiversity
- Activity 4: Voting with Your Feet: The Effects of Tourism in Costa Rica
- Activity 5: Your Favorite Place
- Activity 6: Eco-Development in Costa Rica: A Town Meeting Simulation
Environmental Studies in Costa Rica (pdf - 425k)
- Environmental Studies Activities List
- Activities 1: Why Costa Ricas Study the Tropical Forests
- Activities 2: How Costa Ricas Learn about their Environment
- Activities 3: When the Ants Go Marching
- Activities 4: Touring the Parks
- Activities 5: Puerto Viejo Develops a Plan
- Activities 6: The Maiden of the Forest
- Activities 7: The Five Rs - Recycling in the Costa Rican Schools
Environment, Resource Use and Regional Development (pdf - 214k)
- Environment, Resource Use and Regional Development Activities List
- Activities 1: Night Sounds
- Activities 2: Mental Mapping
- Activities 3: Agouti - The Land Use Game
- Activities 4: Saving the Turtles
- Activities 5: Turtle-Predator Game
- Activities 6: Shield or Crown?
- Activities 7: The Bilingual Rainforest Rap
- Activities 8: Protejamos El Bosque
Appendix (pdf - 40k)
- Glossary
- Bibliography/Resources
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