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Cocori

Cocori: Complete Costa Rica: A Tangle of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrative description of one person's journey through the jungles of Costa Rica. It provides lots of information on the plants and animals there and includes a few photos.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Don King

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Don King, an American boxing promoter known for his flamboyant manner and outrageous hair styled to stand straight up. He first came to prominence with his promotion of the 1974 "Rumble in...
Website
Planet eBooks

Planet Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
An Ecuador travel guide in a beautiful "scrapbook" style. Find general information, an economic profile, and descriptions of destinations such as Galapagos Islands, jungle, Andes, and the coast.
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Other

Language Crossing: Climate of Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise summary of the climate of Peru, breaking it down into the country's regions- the coast, highlands and jungle.
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Other

Mongabay: Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

Graeme Base Official Art Gallery Website

For Students Pre-K - 1st
View about two dozen of Graeme Base's illustrations from such books as "Animalia," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Jungle Drums." Some of the pictures are accompanied by explanatory text by the author.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
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Curated OER

Bird in Cuyabeno, Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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CZBrats

Vasco Nunez De Balboa

For Students 9th - 10th
This page tells of the early history of Panama. "Vasco Nunez de Balboa first settled in Hispanola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti). To escape his creditors there, Balboa stowed away on a voyage to Panama in 1510. There were, at...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What to Bring?

For Teachers 5th
In this activity, students are provided with a list of supplies that survived their plane's crash in the Amazon jungle. They will organize the supplies to classify which items are useful for surviving in the Amazon. Students will use...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
A British author and poet, born in India. He is best known for the children's story The Jungle Book.
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Curated OER

Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Land Iguana

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Cuenca Domes

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Ecuador Young Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Biodiversity So Important?

For Students 9th - 10th
Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Mandrill (Mandrillus Sphinx)

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the world of the Mandrill and discover information on the appearance, habitat, and behavior of this African jungle animal. Includes images and statistics.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Masked Palm Civet (Paguma Larvata)

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the world of the Masked Palm Civet and discover information on the appearance, habitat, and conservation status of this Asian jungle mammal. Includes an image and statistics.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Charge It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will select appropriate and inappropriate uses of credit cards by role-playing a college student who must choose to either use cash or a credit card to pay for a variety of real-life scenarios. This lesson plan...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Significant Influence: Describing an Important Teacher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project, young scholars write tributes to teachers who have made a profound difference in their lives then publish their work in a class collection.
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Curated OER

Guardian: Ingrid Betancourt

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Ingrid Betancourt taken during her six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Animals of Asia, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A pictorial map from 1906 illustrating the various animals that live in regions of Asia. "The white bear, the seal and many sea birds are found near the Arctic shore. In the cold parts of Siberia tribes of yellow people keep herds of...

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