Illustrated resource explores rainforests including its layers, the different types, importance, and deforestation.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Find a variety of activities for children to do as they learn to identify varying habitats and biomes. Included are links to an even more extensive list of resources under coral reef, desert, grassland,...

Discover 10 interesting things about ecosystems, including features of coral reefs, rainforests, deserts, grasslands, freshwater ecosystems, the tundra, the ocean floor, wetlands, boreal forests and big cities.

In this lesson plan, Jane Yolen's Welcome to the Greenhouse is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite verbs from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...

Meet some Madagascar lemurs, and learn how the changing climate is affecting their species.

Discover a few types of climates found on the earth like rain forests and deserts.

Large for a shrew and with velvety dark fur, the Marsh Shrew can be found in marsh, stream, and beach habitats of the coastal rain forest in extreme southwestern Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. This shrew is...

Explores the difference between weather and climate and how they are measured. Students will complete activities and construct a climate graph from raw data. They will also learn about the physical structure of the rainforest, its...

What is an amphibian? Kids learn about these cold blooded animals including salamanders, frogs, and toads. Lifecycle such as tadpole and metamorphosis.

Kids learn about the Gold Poison Dart Frog, poisonous amphibians from South America.

Will ecotourism help preserve the rainforest? Decide what to do and read the consequences.