Tasha McKelvey
Clay Whistles
Create clay whistles with your elementary or middle school students. The project is outlined in great detail here, complete with step-by-step photographs, finished examples, a materials list, student handouts, and a rubric. Students...
Globio
Glossopedia: Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are found along the Earth's equator. They possess a very special climate and are an integral part of the planet's natural system. Climate, plant and animal life, and indigenous peoples are discussed. Additionally,...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Tropical Rainforest Energy Pyramid and Its Importance
Explains the roles of consumers, producers, and detrivores or decomposers and how energy flows through the different levels of the energy pyramid of a tropical rainforest.
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Missouri Botanical Garden: Education: Exploring the Tropics
Extensive information about tropical forests, including the plants, animals, and people found there. Also covers adaptations, biodiversity, economic benefits of tropical rain forests, and threats to their survival.
Center for Educational Technologies
Earth Floor: Biomes: Tropical Rainforest Plants
Site offers information about tropical rainforest plants and plant adaptations. Offers links to other biomes as well.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Plants and Animals of the Tropical Rainforest Biome
Describes the layers of a rainforest, adaptations plants have made, and animals that live there.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Tropical Rainforest Food Web
Explains what a food web is, the complexity of one in a rainforest, and how energy flows through a food web.
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Children's Tropical Forests: Rain Forest Facts
Read fact sheets about topics related to the rainforest: the physical environment, plants, animals, native people, its destruction, consequences of destruction, and ways to help.
Center for Educational Technologies
Earth Floor: Biomes: Tropical Rainforest Animals
Site provides information on tropical rain forest animals and animal adaptations. Offers links to other biomes as well.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Tropical Forests
An introduction and overview of the tropical forest, or rainforest, habitat. Includes a link to information about what lives in a tropical rainforest.
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Rare Species Conservatory Foundation: Facts, Figures and Photos
Explore the rainforest with these colorful games, pages of animal facts, and links to more information.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Rainforest
Explore the intriguing world of the rainforest and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, news, and external links. Listen to the various sounds made in different rainforests.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Landforms in Tropical Rainforests
Describes five types of landforms found in a tropical rainforest.
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Mongabay.com: Tropical Rainforests
If you are interested at all in rainforests, this is an excellent place to further your learning. Read about the importance of rainforests, why they are disappearing, and plenty about both the animals and people who live in rainforests...
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Rainforest Alliance: Tropical Forests in Our Daily Lives
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.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Rainforest
Find out about the plant and animal interactions within the rainforest ecosystem.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Rainforest Food Web
Explains the characteristics of tropical and temperate rainforests and what rainforest food webs look like.
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Rainforest Alliance: Species Profiles
This resource has rain-forest species profiles for amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, and plants. Each profile explains the organism's anatomy, habitat, diet, and threats.
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Tropical Broadleaf Evergreen Forest: The Rainforest
This is a general overview of the tropical rainforests that focuses on climate, animal life, vegetation, soil and so on. It also includes a rainforest map.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography: Places: Amazing Amazon
Describes the rich flora and fauna of the Amazon rainforest and the characteristics of the different layers of vegetation from the forest floor up to the canopy.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Rainforest
Illustrated resource explores rainforests including its layers, the different types, importance, and deforestation.
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The Belize Zoo: Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles of Belize
This site provides information about the birds which live in the tropical forests of Belize. View photos, watch video clips, or listen to audio clips of each bird.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Human and Animal Habitats
An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.
American University
American University: Austria Timber Import Ban
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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