Rainforest

Third Grade - Social Studies

Kids Saving the Rainforest

1) Rainforest Resources http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/ An excellent site by the Rainforest Alliance full of information for kids	2) Rainforest Animals http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/ This is a very detailed list of rainforest animals that is alphabetized. Many of the animals have links to other sites to gain more information	3) Learning about Rainforests Topics include: what is a rainforest, where are rainforests, plants, animals, people and preservation.
4) Rainforest Facts http://www.ran.org/info_center/ Get the facts in one easy place, lots of excellent information on the Rainforest	5) Tropical Rainforests http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm Includes plants, animals, climate and Southeast Asian Rainforests.	6) Rainforest Animals A-E Rainforest animals F-M Rainforest animals N-Z Find out about these animals by letter.
7) Elements of the Rainforest http://www.rainforesteducation.com/life Find out information about the Canopy, Under story and forest floor. Plant Life in the Rainforest Small bits of information on a variety of plants	8) NOVA: Warriors of the Amazon The Yanomami people have lived in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest in Venezuela, South America, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shaman/	9) Rainforest Information http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/main.htm Topics include: Types of rainforests, endangered rainforests, plants and animals.
10) The Living Edens: Manu http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/ Information on specific animals living in the rainforest that surrounds the Amazon in South America are organized in the following categories: birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, and rodents.	11) Journey into Amazonia http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/ A rich site with interactive games, information on the plant life, animals, people and places of the Amazon basin. Include excellent set of links and resources on all the above topics.	12) Jungle Photos Travel book http://www.junglephotos.com/ Various authors/biologists/photographers present Amazon rainforest photos and information on : animals, plants, tribes, artists, handicrafts, space images, conservation, travel, maps, links, news.
13) Rainforest Education Website http://www.rainforesteducation.com/index.htm This site has great information about the canopy, animals, people and threats to the rainforest. Include online quiz. ALL about Rainforest http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ An excellent place to find out information about the rainforest, its animals and understand how these forests live.	14) 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	15) Rainforest Action Information Portal http://www.rainforestweb.org/ Find out from this site about the Indigenous Peoples, Animals, Plants, Kids, Biodiversity, Maps ... Rainforest Regions: South America, Africa, Asia, North and Central America, Oceania, Indonesia, Brazil, Canada ...Rainforest Destruction: Wood and Paper, Oil and Gas, Consumption, Finance ...
16) An Introduction to the Ecology of the Rainforests http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1339/ Find out about Geographical Position of the Rainforests., the Rainforest Climate, the Soil. the Rainforest Community. and threats to the Rainforests	17) What is the Rainforest and Why is it Important? http://www.pachamama.org/tour/rainforest.htm This site explains in a simple concise manner the factors which make a rainforest important to us.	18) Rainforest Links Links A large number of rainforest links that are grouped into different categories. Child friendly.
19) Rainforest Heroes Includes: Factsheet, Slideshow, Glossary, Forests of the World Map, Animals Q&A, and Links.	Rainforest Animals http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112365/ Causes of rainforest destruction http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm	Rain Forest Products http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm Rainforest Medicine http://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/05f.html
Vritual Rainforest - Rainforest at night http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/rainforest/index_flash.html This web page, from NationalGeographic.com's EarthPulse, offers an interactive tour of the Bornean rain forest by night.	Help with Rainforest School Reports Google put out a large rainforest links page that has rainforest links to many topics to act as a resource for student projects.;	Rainforest Sounds http://christiananswers.net/kids/sounds.html A variety of sound clips that may be used in student projects.
Rainforest Research Links	Mystery photos in the Amazon Thinkquests by students From this page, users can access student sites focusing on tropical rainforests around the world.	Mystery of the Poison-Dart Frog - Discover the art and biology of the Costa Rican rainforest and "solve a mystery with clues from ancient treasures." From the North Carolina Museum of Art. You will need the free Flash Player.
Play Amazon Explorer http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/explorer.html What mysteries does Amazonia hold? That's just what scientists at the American Museum of Natural History want you, Sam Smith, find out. If you're ready to explore the wilds of the Amazon jungle, journey on, adventurer!	Learning About Rain Forests http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/serve_home.html A great site containing grade appropriate information on animals people and the types of rain forest	Rainforest Layers http://hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/ecosystems/case_studies/mmfweb/mmf_2A.html A site that clearly explains and describes each layer of the rainforest.
What Makes Rain Forests Special http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/NewGeog/Habitats/special.htm An interesting page of information outlining the importance of rain forests.	Play Rainforest Explorer Rain Forests	It's a jungle in there!

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