Scholastic
Scholastic: Research Starters: Rainforests
Find general information, research-topic ideas, glossary terms and numerous links on the rainforest.
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Rainforest Alliance Learning Site
The Rainforest Alliance Learning Site contains free conservation education materials with dynamic units that follow national standards for learning. On the site you will find stories, lesson plans, fact sheets, presentations, and...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ethnic & Traditional Uses of Rainforest Plants
Read about medicinal plants of the rain forest. This website offers common and botanical plant names, pictures, properties, actions, and more.
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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Rainforest Action Network: Rainforest Heroes
This grassroots program offers a fascinating site designed to educate students around the world about rain forests.
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Rainforest Action Network: Rainforest Heroes
This grassroots program offers a fascinating site designed to educate students around the world about rain forests.
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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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Invasion of the Modern World
Loggers steal trees from the rainforest of Cameroon, one of Earth's oldest living ecosystems, in this video segment from Africa.
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Chico Mendes, the Forest Man
An intriguing website that provides a biography of Mendes as well as interviews, a photograph, and video of Mendes speaking about the preservation of the rain forest.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teri and Jairus: Biome Buddies
This video segment from ZOOM compares and contrasts the habitat and life forms found in Death Valley with those found in the temperate rain forest of the Pacific Northwest. [3:46]
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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.
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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.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Great Kapok Tree
This site on the book "The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" by Lynne Cherry includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to...
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Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Species Diversity
If your wondering about the biodiversity of species on Earth, then check out Natureworks from New Hampshire Public Television. A brief definition is included as well as some interesting facts on species diversity.
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Mongabay: Bolivia
Gather information on the environment of Bolivia especially its forests. There are statistical facts, links to related articles, and suggestions for books to read.
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The Belize Zoo Animals of the Tropical Forest
This zoo is primarily a collection of wild animals indigenous to the tropical forests of Belize. At the bottom of the page, the animals are organized into 3 categories: mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Gold Poison Dart Frogs
Kids learn about the Gold Poison Dart Frog, poisonous amphibians from South America.