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Read Works: Animals of the Rain Forest
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the layers of the rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Discover the Rain Forest!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs: The Living Edens: Borneo: From Caves to Kinabalu
View pictures, read text, and listen to information about the topography, flora, and fauna of Borneo, the world's third largest island.
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Online Expeditions: African Adventure
Use this site to explore several regions of Africa, without having to leave the classroom.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about the tropical rainforest using picture books such as "Welcome to the Green House" by Jane Yolen. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Teeming Life in Gabon's Rainforest
The article, "Teeming Life in Gabon's Rainforest," covers a variety of topics related to rain forest life including A Plethora of Plants, What's in the Water, New and Exciting Herps, Birds in the Mist (Nets), Magnificent Mammals, and more.
PBS
Nature: A Lemur's Tale
From the acclaimed show from PBS, Nature, is this site that gives background information on "A Lemur's Tale," an installment from Nature. Read about lemurs, Madagascar, and find resources for further research.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Tropical Moist Climates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of tropical climates.
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Read Works: Welcome to a Tropical Rain Forest
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some animals that live in a tropical rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Can the Amazon Be Saved?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the disappearing Amazon rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Paradise Lost
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the Amazon rain forest and some of the animals living there. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Wnet: Thirteen: Africa Teacher Tools: Lesson Plans
Explore this comprehensive site featuring links to lesson plans for Africa. These teacher tools range in content and grade level. Use this site to discover more about the culture and history of Africa.
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Read Works: Trouble in the Amazon
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the causes and effects of the decreasing rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Pbs: Nature: Deep Jungle: New Frontiers
Scientists traveled deep into the world's jungles to document the behaviors of animals using high-tech cameras, ones that we have rarely had the opportunity to observe in such detail. A three-minute video is available online, and the...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Gibbons
Gives some basic information about the gibbon, which is found in Southeast Asian rain forests.
Channel 4 Learning
4 Learning: Geography Essentials, Weather Around the World
This resource offers in-depth information on weather and different types of climate including desert, tropical rain forests, and more. Also provides worksheets (Word documents) and images relating to weather.
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Language Crossing: About Bolivia
Travel to Bolivia to explore a wide range of regions such as salt flats, lakes and tropical rain forests. Here you will learn brief descriptions about the history, geography, climate, ecotourism, culture, economy, food, places to see in...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Challenge
Have you ever imagined going on an actual archaeological dig, climbing aboard a NASA spacecraft, or collecting insects in remote rain forests? This NASA site is your chance to join Discovery School winners on their exciting science...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Green Anaconda Snake
Kids learn about the Green Anaconda snake, massive reptile of the Rain Forests. Heaviest snake in the world.
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.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: All About Rainforests
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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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...
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Emerald Tree Boa
The Saint Louis Zoo grants a brief look at a species uniquely adapted to tree-dwelling, the Emerald Tree Boa.
Bagheera
Bagheera: Hyacinth Macaw
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...