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Pbs Teachers:levels of Life: Interrelationships in the Rainforest
Research a plant or animal from the rainforest, identify its physical location within the rainforest and contribute information about that organism to a group project on rainforest habitats.
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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...
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Tropical Forests
An introduction and overview of the tropical forest, or rainforest, habitat. Includes a link to information about what lives in a tropical rainforest.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography: Places: Amazing Amazon
Describes the rich flora and fauna of the Amazon rainforest and the characteristics of the different layers of vegetation from the forest floor up to the canopy.
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Canal Kids: Biodiversidade (Biodiversity in Portuguese)
A look at biodiversity geared toward younger students but with very good subject depth. Topics include the human genome, water, soil and wind, pollution, and reckless exploration of the rainforest. In Portuguese.
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Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rainforests
This resource offers a clear and concise picture of the rainforest biome. The content includes a look at the two different types of rainforests found in the world, animals that live in the rainforests, plants that grown in the rainforest...
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Raintree: Tropical Plant Database
This site provides a detailed database of plants found in the tropical rainforest. Content focuses on the medicinal uses of these plants.
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Ecuador Pictures
A pictorial photo gallery of Ecuador that demonstrates the beauty of this small South American country. View animals, landscapes, towns, monuments, parks, the Rainforest, waterfalls, and so much more.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Kayapo & Kamayura People of Brazil
Learning module focuses on the Kayapo and Kamayura people of Brazil. Find out how the Brazilian rainforest tribes use their natural surroundings to help their everyday lives and how we can learn from them.
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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: Saving the Rain Forests
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about protecting the rainforest and the animals that live there. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Animal Quizzes
Links to science quizzes about animals and birds. Topics include animal classification, butterfly, beetle and frog life cycles, spiders, bats, birds of prey, owls, birds of the jungle, rainforest, cold climates and migration.
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Care: Ecuador Virtual Field Trip
Take an eco-adventure to Ecuador's last remaining coastal rainforest. Journey by canoe down narrow river passages, trek under a canopy of trees and visit remote indigenous communities that work with CARE.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Dung Beetle Derby
A strategy game where students build walls and ramps in the rainforest, so they can help the dung beetles roll away the balls of dung.
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Monga Bay: Rainforest Mammals
Meet the many animals who inhabit the rainforests around the world! Colorful photos, animal profiles, and links to related sites are included.
Center for Educational Technologies
Earth Floor: Biomes: Tropical Rainforest Animals
Site provides information on tropical rain forest animals and animal adaptations. Offers links to other biomes as well.
Michigan Reach Out
Newton's Apple: Rain Forest Animals
Several activities to incorporate into your Rain Forest unit. This site does not focus only on animals.
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Pbs Teachers: The Rainforest, Raw Materials, and You
Map the world's rainforests and identify commonly used products made with materials that originated in rainforests. Determine whether or not the materials were harvested in a sustainable manner, and decide if that would affect your...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Green Iguana for Kids: Giant Lizard From the Rainforest
Identify the green iguana, the giant lizard that has become a popular pet on this site.
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Passport to Knowledge: Passport to the Rain Forest
Follow in Darwin's footsteps to the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists. Content uses pictures, video, real-time interactions, and activities, to fully explore the rain forest from...
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Children's Tropical Forests
This children's resource provides a variety of fact sheets, maps, news, and more about the world's tropical rainforests.
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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.
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Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge: Australia Rainforest
This site provides specific information about much of the Australian Rain Forest. Content ranges from the waterfalls to be found there to plants and wildlife.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Journey Into Amazonia
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a unit on the Amazon Rainforest. It describes what a rainforest is, where they are located, the layers of the rainforest, and types of plants and animals found in the rainforest. There is a...
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