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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Journey Into Amazonia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[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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Bagheera

Bagheera: Hyacinth Macaw

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a beautiful overview of the Hyacinth Macaw, including this bird's behavior and natural history. Special attention is given to the status of this bird in the wild and current conservation efforts underway. Several...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with plants. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Amphibians for Kids: Frogs, Salamanders, and Toads

For Students 1st - 9th
What is an amphibian? Kids learn about these cold blooded animals including salamanders, frogs, and toads. Lifecycle such as tadpole and metamorphosis.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Gold Poison Dart Frogs

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Gold Poison Dart Frog, poisonous amphibians from South America.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Symbiotic Relationships in the Rainforest

For Students 4th - 7th
Explains what mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Plants and Animals of the Tropical Rainforest Biome

For Students 4th - 7th
Describes the layers of a rainforest, adaptations plants have made, and animals that live there.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Geography: People: Amerindians of the Amazon

For Students 4th - 8th
Discusses the plight of the Amerindians who made the Amazon rainforest their home. Many died from diseases brought by European colonists and many others continue to lose their lands to greedy companies or farmers.
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Songs for Teaching

Songs for Teaching: Biomes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this site to see how many of the animals and plants that your students can remember from each biome after listening to this song.
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Curated OER

Costa Rica, Rainforest

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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Curated OER

Costa Rica, Rainforest

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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Curated OER

Rainforest

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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Rainforest

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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Bromeliad

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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Curated OER

Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge: Australia Rainforest

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Australia: Fraser Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Fraser Island lies just off the east coast of Australia. At 122 km long, it is the largest sand island in the world. Majestic remnants of tall rainforest growing on sand and half the world’s perched freshwater dune lakes are found inland...
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Unesco: Peru: Rio Abiseo National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
The park was created in 1983 to protect the fauna and flora of the rainforests that are characteristic of this region of the Andes. There is a high level of endemism among the fauna and flora found in the park. The yellow-tailed woolly...
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Unesco: Brazil: Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves

For Students 9th - 10th
The Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, in the states of Bahia and Espirito Santo, consist of eight separate protected areas containing 112,000 ha of Atlantic forest and associated shrub (restingas). The rainforests of Brazil’s...
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Unesco: France: Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island

For Students 9th - 10th
The Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island site coincides with the core zone of La Reunion National Park. The property covers more than 100,000 ha or 40 % of La Reunion, an island comprising two adjoining volcanic massifs located...
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Unesco: China: Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries Wolong, Mt Siguniang, Jiajin Mtns

For Students 9th - 10th
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, home to more than 30% of the world's pandas which are classed as highly endangered, covers 924,500 ha with seven nature reserves and nine scenic parks in the Qionglai and Jiajin Mountains. The sanctuaries...
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A Coiled Anaconda

For Students 9th - 10th
Great information on this massive constrictor snake of the rain forest.
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Extreme Science: Biggest Snake: Anaconda

For Students 9th - 10th
Great information on this massive constrictor snake of the rain forest.
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Curated OER

Extreme Science: Biggest Snake: Anaconda

For Students 9th - 10th
Great information on this massive constrictor snake of the rain forest.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Extreme Science: Biggest Snake: Anaconda

For Students 9th - 10th
Great information on this massive constrictor snake of the rain forest.

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