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Rainforest Alliance: Smarthouse

For Students 9th - 10th
If you'd like to do your part to help the rainforest, check out this resource. You can find out what common household products are the result of sustainable rainforest farming.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Layers of the Rainforest

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan is designed to teach young children the four layers of the rainforest.
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Rainforest Alliance: Tropical Forests in Our Daily Lives

For Students 3rd - 8th
The tropical forests of the world are the source of numerous products we depend on every day. Find out why they are so beneficial and the action you can take to conserve them.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Teeming Life in Gabon's Rainforest

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The Learning Partnership: Journey to El Yunque

For Students 6th - 8th
In this set of learning modules, students examine the impact of hurricane weather on the El Yunque rainforest in Puerto Rico. They learn about hurricanes, producers, consumers, and the food chain, and how disruptions in organisms'...
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Pbs Learning Media: Deforestation in Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
This visualization adapted from NASA features two satellite images from 1984 and 2000 that show the dramatic deforestation of the Bolivian rainforest. Includes background reading material and discussion questions.
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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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Conservation International: Avoiding Deforestation in Madagascar

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor (CAZ) covers over 370,000 hectares (910,000 acres) of rainforest in the eastern part of Madagascar. Due to its rich biodiversity, its abundant natural resources and its importance in the lives of local...
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Pbs:the Living Edens/manu Native People of Manu

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An article on the Machiguenga, the native people of the Manu rainforest in Peru. This article talks about their culture, history, and their use of plants and animals.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Will This Palm Oil Alternative Save Orangutans?

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the effects of palm oil cultivation on the world's rainforests and species who live there, and about the development of a new alternative to palm oil. Includes video.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Biomes

For Students 2nd - 6th
Discover the hidden treasures in the different habitats on the earth! The earth is filled with many biomes. Examples of different biomes are listed and include hyperlinks to additional information such as the animals found there.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive learning module on biodiversity and its decline. It looks at ways biodiversity is threatened, the possibility of another mass extinction, the causes and consequences of habitat loss, factors that drive biodiversity...
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Palm Oil, You, Me & Orangutans

For Students 9th - 10th
By completing the tasks, students will learn about the uses of the rainforest, what Palm Oil is, and where it is produced.
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American University

American University: Austria Timber Import Ban

For Students 9th - 10th
Cites an Austrian law that tried to limit tropical rainforest product imports through taxation and eco-labeling in order to slow the effects of deforestation due to export trade. The effort was met with so much economic opposition that...
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Eduweb

Eduweb: Indigenous Ecotourism

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly article overviews how ecotourism is tied to a survey of sustainable development in the case of Rio Blanco, Ecuador.
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Trees for Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A Scottish conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland.

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