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The Tropical Rain Forest

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Students use various web sites to access information about the rain forest. They use the Tropical Rainforest Interactive CD to make their own rain forest pictures and stories and learn facts about the rain forest. They use various books and magazines to find information, use word processing programs to create their books and stories, and finally use KidPix to illustrate their stories.

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tropical rainforests, rainforests

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3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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