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Rainforest Alliance
Rainforest Alliance aims to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices, and consumer behavior.
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Rainforest Action Network
This site from the Rainforest Action Network deals with the preservation of our rainforests and what you can do to help.
abcteach
Abcteach: Make Your Room a Rainforest [Pdf]
Come and learn how to make your classroom into a rainforest. This site features pictures from an actual classroom and some suggestions for creating your own rainforest.
Scholastic
Scholastic: How Much Rain in a Rain Forest?
How can you figure out how much rain in a rain forest? This site provides an outline for a lesson plan that will answer this question. Students will have an opportunity to integrate math and science skills through this activity.
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Children's Tropical Forests: Rain Forest Facts
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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Australian Rainforest Wildlife
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Walk Through the Rainforest
This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to learn about the animals and plant life that live in the various layers of the tropical rainforest. Students will view a slideshow with many different facts and pictures of the...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biomes: Borneo Montane Rainforests
Describes the geography of the Borneo montane rainforests, their biodiversity, conservation status, and the types of threats they face. (Published: December 8, 2006)
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Rainforest
Explore the intriguing world of the rainforest and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, news, and external links. Listen to the various sounds made in different rainforests.
PBS
Pbs: The Living Edens Manu, Peru's Hidden Rainforest
Read about Peru's "hidden" rain forest-Manu. This site provides in-depth information about the flora and fauna of the region as well as conservation efforts and the history of the area. There are additional resources for the classroom...
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: From America's Rainforest to America's Desert
On this virtual field trip, teachers will help their students travel to the lush, rain-soaked splendor of the Olympic Peninsula and explore the urban watershed of Seattle. Next, they will head to Arizona's dry, desert landscape and take...
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Monga Bay: Rainforests
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.
California Institute of Technology
Learning About Rainforests
Learn about rainforests with this lesson that includes facts, quizzes, movies, and more.
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National Arbor Day Foundation: Rain Forest Rescue
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.
Other
Rainforest Alliance: Species Profiles
This resource has rain-forest species profiles for amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, and plants. Each profile explains the organism's anatomy, habitat, diet, and threats.
Other
Rainforest Alliance: Online Rainforest Stories
Find out what it's like to live and work in the rainforest. This resource has several stories to choose from, some of which were written by children.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Amazon Rainforest Climate
Describes the ecology of the Amazon rainforest, the characteristics of its climate, the impact of human actions on this environment and the need for stronger conservation efforts to save the rainforests.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Rainforests of the World
Read about different rainforests around the planet. Find out geographical information, as well as typical plants and animals living there.
Read Works
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Secrets of the Rain Forest
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the rain forest and the important things that come from it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Dzanga Sangha Rain Forest O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information Dzanga-Sangha rainforest.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About the Rainforest for Kids
Presents interesting information about rainforests and the importance of preserving them.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Plants and Animals of the Tropical Rainforest Biome
Describes the layers of a rainforest, adaptations plants have made, and animals that live there.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Rainforest
Illustrated resource explores rainforests including its layers, the different types, importance, and deforestation.