This event is free and open to the public.

K-5 students will draw how a rainforest animal may adapt in the future due to climate change.

The challenge is to pick a vertebrate animal living in a tropical rainforest and draw/illustrate/predict how it may look in the future due to the long-term effects of climate change (think thousands of years ... or more!). Please consider habitat changes due to rising temperatures and rising seas, and animal adaptations needed to survive, such as camouflage, defense, eating food, and/or how it moves. Some possible habitat changes to consider are: Inland rainforests that become savannas (rolling grasslands with scattered trees & shrubs), inland rainforests that become mixed woodlands (low-density forests with shrubs & trees), or coastal rainforests that become marshes/seasonal wetlands or become completely underwater. Students will use the provided supplies to create at least two illustrations - one of the animal in its present habitat and one as an adapted animal in the predicted future habitat. Students will also write a short description (max 150 words) to explain their illustrations.