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Rainforest Hotlist
Even though rainforests cover less than 10% of the earth's surface, they contain 40% of all plant and animal species.
The following internet resources can help you learn more.
A
Jungle Journey : Rainforests in
Danger
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/ww2/tamarap/rforest.htm
A webquest from 6th grade students in Salt Lake School District. It
contains many links and student products in the form of Filamentality
samplers.
Keep
Your Eye on the Rainforest
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/ww2/stevaneg/rainforest.htm
A webquest from 5th and 2nd grade students in Salt Lake School
District.
Rainforest
Action Network
http://www.ran.org/ran/
This is one of the best for rainforest information. You'll find info
on rainforest plants, animals, and indiginous peoples. Check out the
online quiz, the Kid's Corner, and the fact sheets.
Rainforest
Database
http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
A rainforest is a framework of trees which supports a huge variety of animals and other plant forms.
Tropical
Forests
http://www.panda.org/kids/wildlife/idxtrpmn.htm
There are three main regions of tropical rainforest: in Central and
South America, in West and Central Africa, and in Southeast Asia. The
Amazon Basin forest is the largest, covering six million square
kilometers. Part of the World
Wide Fund for Nature (Their url is
panda.org--pretty cool).
All
About Rainforests
http://www.ZoomDinosaurs.com/subjects/rainforest/
Great rainforest information geared to students from Zoom
School.
Greenkeepers
http://www.greenkeepers.com/
Explore the rainforest with KuKura,
guardian of the rainforest, as your guide.
What's
It Like Where You Live :
Rainforest
http://www.mobot.org/MBGnet/sets/rforest/index.htm
From the Missouri Botannical Gardens. This general site has good
information about other biomes as well.
Rainforest
Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Check out the "For Kids and Teachers" section for activities, fact
sheets, and more.
Cultural
Survival
http://www.cs.org/
Choose "Education & Outreach" from
the menu on the left. Then choose "Classroom Resources" for
activities to use in the classroom.
Science
in the Rainforest
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/
It's from PBS--so
it has to be good.
Rainforest
Information Centre
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/
This site is updated weekly. Choose
"Education" from the menu. Choose "Top 10 Stories" to read current
news articles about rainforests around the world.
Washington
Wilderness
http://www.wawild.org/
Maritime temperate
rainforest.
The
Tropical Rainforest in
Suriname
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/epiphyte.html
A virtual tour. Suriname is a small
country at the top of South America near Venezuela.
Rainforests
: Diversity and
Destruction
http://www.davesite.com/rainforests/
Australia has both tropical and
temperate rainforests.
Photo-Journey
Through a Costa Rican
Rainforest
http://www.ecofuture.org/pk/pkar9512.html
Great photographs.
Amazon
Interactive
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian
Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the
rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways
in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running
a community-based ecotourism project along the Río
Napo.
Amazon
Brazil
http://hometown.aol.com/pochetti5/Amazon-Brazil.html
"There are about 4 billion hectares of
forest in the world, of which about 25 percent is tropical
rainforest."
Temperate
Rainforest
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/temprain/temprain.html
Temperate rainforests in the Pacific northwest. There are student
modules and activities and a teacher page.
Under
the Umbrella of the Tropical
Rainforest
http://teacher.esuhsd.org/webquests/webquests/rainforest.html
A student webquest.
Exploratorium
: Exploring the Amazon
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/news/february97.html
Great information about the
South
America : Amazon
Rainforest
http://www.mrdowling.com/712-amazon.html
Made by a 6th grade teacher. The site
has other 6th grade units, many on ancient civilizations.
River
of Venom
http://www.accessexcellence.org/rov/
From Access
Excellence (a place in cyberspace
for biology teaching and learning), this is an online rainforest
mystery for you to solve.
Virtual Rainforest
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/rainforest/index_flash.html
From National
Geographic.
Manu
: Peru's Hidden
Rainforest
http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/
The people, the flora and fauna, the history. Choose "Classroom
Resources" to find lesson plans.
Alaska
Rainforest
http://www.akrain.org/
Temperate rainforests.
World
Rainforest Movement
http://www.wrm.org.uy/
Choose "Tropical Forests" from the main
page. You can then choose rainforest information by
country.
Tropical
Rainforest Coalition
http://www.rainforest.org/
Select "Rainforest Facts". You can also
see what schools are doing to support rainforest
preservation.
Photographing
Tortuguero
http://photo2.si.edu/turtles/turtletop.html
Photographs from a Smithsonian photographer.
Wildlife
Conservation Society
http://www.wcs.org/
More on conservation
Project
Amazonas
http://www.petsforum.com/PA/
The ecology, plants, animals, etc. of
the Peruvian part of the Amazon.
Teacher Resources
Rainforest
Wordsearch
http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/rforest.html
A printable wordsearch.
Rain
Bird
http://www.rainbird.com/rainforest/index.htm
Grade level activities about the
rainforest.
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