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Monga Bay: Rainforests

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the world's rainforests, the wildlife, and indigenous people who inhabit them as well as the impact of nature and man on this fragile biome.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Rainforests

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An experienced teacher provides information and ideas for rain forest lessons.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Strata of the Rain Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource features a hand drawn picture of the layers of the rain forest. This brief but descriptive resource which will give younger students a visual picture of the living conditions in each layer.
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PBS

Newton's Apple: Teacher Guide: Rain Forest Plants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will be creating rain forest plants visually by using cardboard, tree branches, clay, and other materials. Activity begins with a description of plants found in the rain forest. Lesson also includes resource...
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California Institute of Technology

Learning About Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about rainforests with this lesson that includes facts, quizzes, movies, and more.
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Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family project relating to rainforests.
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Fish in the Trees

For Students 9th - 10th
The Amazon River rises each year from December to May, forcing fish to flow through the tops of trees. Learn how satellites and technology track the rising and fall of the Amazon River and how this affects the rain forest.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa Classroom of the Future: Exploring the Environment: Tropical Poison

For Students 9th - 10th
An educational module on biodiversity, economic growth, and medical research in rainforests. This can be used by students or teachers. It has a huge amount of information on agriculture, biodiversity, medicinal plants, animals, and more.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Tropical Rainforests

For Students 3rd - 8th
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,...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Rain Forest

For Students K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read and/or listen to the following paired texts on the subject of the Rain Forest. Use the guided question set to assess students understanding of the topic. Students can write their answers, respond...
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Rain Forest Adventures

For Students 9th - 10th
Ecotourism company that provides canopy tours at four unique tropical locations in the Caribbean and Central America.
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Passport to Knowledge: Passport to the Rain Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Article
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Ecotrust: Temperate Rain Forest People and Places [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Ecotrust has information on the people and history of the Northwestern American coastal temperate rain forest.(California to Alaska) Find out about the history of this specific temperate rain forest, and the people it has...
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Why Save the Rain Forest?

For Students 2nd - 6th
Here you can find a general overview of the importance of the rain forest, and why it needs "saving." A student activity and teacher's lesson plan is also included.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: All About Rainforests

For Students 3rd - 5th
Basic information on the rainforests include a definition, the strata, the animals, their location, rainfall, temperature and importance. Content also includes animal printouts, quizzes, a puzzle, and math activities.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dzanga Sangha Rain Forest O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information Dzanga-Sangha rainforest.
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Curated OER

Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Curated OER

Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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National Arbor Day Foundation: Rain Forest Rescue

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the amazing rainforest, songbird migration, and six things that you can do to help save the rainforest. You can even send a email postcard to your friends.
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Children's Tropical Forests: Rain Forest Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Teaching Tropical Rainforest Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explores the numerous benefits of teaching and learning about tropical rainforests, while addressing the bioethical and environmental concerns facing rainforests.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Shrinking Forest Growing Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students will examine images of Brazil's Amazon rainforests that were captured by satellites between 1994-1996, to observe and measure the impact of deforestation over time. A download of a public domain software...
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Article
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Trekking the Treetops

For Students 9th - 10th
Terry Dunn's article, "Trekking the Treetops," focuses on the range of plant and animal life to be found in the canopies of the forests. The article centers on the canopy of tropical rainforests.

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