Curated OER
Survey: What is Your Favorite Rainforest Animal?
In this favorite rainforest animal survey worksheet, 1st graders will survey their classmates about which animal is their favorite. There are 12 animal choices. Students will record responses by making tally marks.
Curated OER
Rain Forest Animals Word Cards
For this rain forest animal cards worksheet, students study and cut apart 28 word cards, all pertaining to the rain forest animals.
Curated OER
Life Cycles in the Rain Forest Research
In this life cycles in the rain forest research worksheet, students use reference materials and the Internet to collect information about the life cycles of animals that live in the rain forest. They fill in the name of the animal and...
Curated OER
Rain Forest Animals
Students create a book about animal species found only in the Amazon rain forest. They find one species to represent each letter of the alphabet, and write each name on a different piece of paper. They illustrate each page with an...
Curated OER
Animals and their Habitats
This animal habitat PowerPoint provides beautiful photographs of a rainforest, desert, and grassland habitat, as well as animals native to a rainforest and the desert. The first slide lists rainforest, desert, tundra, and grassland as...
Curated OER
Rainforest Animals
In this coloring worksheet, students will color the rainforest animals. Students will locate each animal within the rainforest and color those that they find.
Curated OER
Rain Forests
Students investigate rain forests. They view and discuss photos of rain forests, answer discussion questions, define key vocabulary words, and participate in a class discussion.
Other
Rare Species Conservatory Foundation: Facts, Figures and Photos
Explore the rainforest with these colorful games, pages of animal facts, and links to more information.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Teaching Tropical Rainforest Biology
Explores the numerous benefits of teaching and learning about tropical rainforests, while addressing the bioethical and environmental concerns facing rainforests.
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Mongabay.com: Tropical Rainforests
If you are interested at all in rainforests, this is an excellent place to further your learning. Read about the importance of rainforests, why they are disappearing, and plenty about both the animals and people who live in rainforests...
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Ballad of Lisa the Lemur
Listen and follow along to learn about lemurs, their habitat, and the dangers to their habitat.
Other
Children's Tropical Forests: Rain Forest Facts
Read fact sheets about topics related to the rainforest: the physical environment, plants, animals, native people, its destruction, consequences of destruction, and ways to help.
Other
Australian Rainforest Wildlife
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
Other
Children's Tropical Forests
This children's resource provides a variety of fact sheets, maps, news, and more about the world's tropical rainforests.
Bagheera
Bagheera: Giant Otter
This site takes a look at the physical characteristics and habitat of the giant otter. Special focus is given to why this animal is endangered, and conservation projects currently underway. Additional learning activities are also...
Other
The Belize Zoo: Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles of Belize
This site provides information about the birds which live in the tropical forests of Belize. View photos, watch video clips, or listen to audio clips of each bird.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Walk Through the Rainforest
This lesson provides young scholars with an opportunity to learn about the animals and plant life that live in the various layers of the tropical rainforest. Students will view a slideshow with many different facts and pictures of the...
PBS
Pbs Teachers:manu: What's Happening to My Species?
Learn about animals from Manu, create a mask depicting a selected animal and role play that animal. Discuss the selected animals and the threats to their survival in the Manu rainforest.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Tarsius Pumilus
Read about the natural history and physical characteristics of tarsius pumilus, one of four species of tarsiers living in the rain forest. Provided by Animal Diversity Web.
EL Education
El Education: Ever Wonder Why?
Students from the Greece Central School District in New York created this bilingual Pourquoi storybook. This collaborative project was written by students in third grade, then translated into Spanish, illustrated and marketed by high...