Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose HighSchool in Terre Haute, India. Last year, he taught his students about the world'srain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plantsand animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and so on.
Destruction of the world's rain forestsis a serious problem. Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80acres per minute! As part of a class project, Myers' students bought threeacres(英亩)of rain forest in CentralAmerica. They paid $25 per acre. The students hope that the land they boughtwill be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rainforests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.
So last June, Myers and four of his studentstook a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In themiddle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. "Themonkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branchesoff the trees and threw them at us," one of the students said, "Itwas a great learning experience for all of us," said Myers.
Each student chose something specific aboutCosta Rica to studyinvolving(涉及)the plants, animals, food, and culture. During thelast few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went whitewaterrafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica's active volcano.
Myers hopes to make the trip every year with adifferent group of kids.
