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Celebrate Endangered Species Day at Your School
Learn how your school can join numerous conservation organizations in celebrating Endangered Species Day on May 17th.
Teacher Printables
Decorated Lined Paper
Spice up the writing process with some fun stationery! This particular page, which features a UFO, can inspire your pupils as they write science fiction. See the materials for more designs. You'll find everything from pirates to fairies...
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It's a Jungle Out There: How Species Survive in the Jungle
Students investigate the different adaptation and skills of jungle species. In this ecology instructional activity, students play an interactive online game where they match species with their adaptation. They research about a specific...
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Deep Jungle: New Frontiers
Students watch a series of videos and observe the different plants and animals found in the rainforests. For this ecology lesson, students discuss how technology helped scientists study the jungle. They create 3D maps of Borneo rainforests.
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Jungle Motif Elephant Cards
In this jungle elephant worksheet, there are three identical cards, each with the picture of an elephant, and a short space for writing a word.
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Amazon Rainforest: You Won't Find George in This Jungle
Learners identify locations of rainforests, compare/contrast layers of the rainforest, construct and interpret maps and graphs, recognize relationships between man and the environment, and write about an imaginary walk in the rainforest.
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Jungle Survival
Students make a chart with columns for water, food, shelter, fire, and other needs.Then list whatever each person thinks they might need in each column to survive for at least a week in the outdoors during that season.
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Laws of the Jungle
Students build a video game on predator-prey relationship. In this biology lesson, students identify the variables that affect this relationship. They write a short description and play each other's game.
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Jungle Safari Word Search
For this word search worksheet, learners locate and circle terms related to animals found on a jungle safari that are hidden in the puzzle. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
This site is a study guide for "The Jungle." It includes chapter summaries, context, characters, study questions, and essay topics.
PBS
Pbs: Journey Into Amazonia
This is a great site where you can explore the Amazon Rain Forest. Learn about the river, plants, animals, and more. Based on the PBS television series.
C-SPAN
C Span American Writers: Upton Sinclair and Muckrakers
A companion to C-SPAN's series, this site features a brief biography of Upton Sinclair, the text of his influential book, "The Jungle," and links to information about the Chicago Stockyards, as well as to other sites about Sinclair and...
Globio
Glossopedia: Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are found along the Earth's equator. They possess a very special climate and are an integral part of the planet's natural system. Climate, plant and animal life, and indigenous peoples are discussed. Additionally,...
Other
Rain Forest Adventures
Ecotourism company that provides canopy tours at four unique tropical locations in the Caribbean and Central America.
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin Company: The Jungle
This site, which is provided for by the Houghton Mifflin Company, presents various ways to examine one of the most powerful books of the century.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Clementine
Students will learn about the outdoor adventures of Clementine, a character from PBS Kids' series, Plum Landing. Students will look at the cartoon pictures and read the associated texts with them.
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Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Flying Frog: Jungle Mission
After watching the "Flying Frog" episode of PBS Kids' Plum Landing, students will draw pictures of flying tree frogs and publish them online.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Eagle Eye
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring crested hawk eagle in the jungle. Using the online tools, students will draw a crested hawk eagle swooping down to grab its prey.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Habitats
Explore different habitats and match them to the animals that belong there. After choosing a correct animal, click on the caption to get information about it.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Break It Down
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring decomposers in the jungle. Students will combine different decomposers with fallen jungle materials to help form rich soil.
Other
Manu National Park: Manu National Park and Reserved Zone
This site provides information on the Manu National Park in Peru. Manu is described as an intact jungle, where "success in preserving such a large tract of pristine rainforest is largely due to the inaccessibility of the area."
Read Works
Read Works: Macy the Elephant
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about an elephant named Macy who lives in the jungle with her parents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Birds of the Jungle and Rainforest Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over birds of the rainforest, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. Originally published between 1916 and 1917 editions of Blue Book Magazine, this short story collection is part of the Tarzan series, The Jungle Tales of Tarzan. This...