Websites Appropriate for Children (and adults, too!)

Rainforest Heroes - Rainforest Action Network

http://www.rainforestheroes.com/kidscorner/

Information about the rainforest and what we can do to help protect the rainforests

Games, Coloring,

Teachers Corner of information including a packet - Heroes Corner includes photos of school environments/projects

The Magic School Bus in the Rainforest by Joanna Cole

Activities for Students and Teaching ideas

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/teacher/ecology/index.html

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/theme/ecology.htm#              - rain forest  index

List of Ways to Help Save the Rainforest

http://www.savetherainforest.org/savetherainforest_002.htm

National Geographic for Kids Site

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Rainforest at night - Virtual World

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/rainforest/index_flash.html

National Geographic for Kids - Donkey Kong game - searching the jungle - perhaps as a reward - not academic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/promo/donkeykong/

Coloring Pages of Animals

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/archive/

Websites for Teachers and Other Adults

The Teachers Corner - websites, lesson plans, book suggestions

http://www.the teacherscorner.net/thematicunits/rainforest.htm

Zoom Rainforest at Enchanted Learning - information for both members and non-members - other documents available with search

http://enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/

Rainforest Theme at abcteach - printables as well as photographs of other classrooms

http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/habitats/rain_forest/

PreKinders Rainforest Page - ideas for teaching younger students - links to further information and animal coloring pages and rainforest sounds

http://prekinders.com/rainforestunit.htm

Rainforest Page - Jim Cornish, 5th Grade Teacher at Gander Academy

http://www.cdli.ca/ CITE/rforest.htm

Carolyn's Rain Forest Links and Lesson Plans

http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Biomes/rainfrst.html

Searchterm - Rainforest

http://www.lessonplanspage.com  links to websites, lesson plans, units

http://www.teach-nology.com   links to websites, lesson plans, worksheets

http://proteacher.com   links to units, lesson plans, coloring pages webquests, ideas for bulletin boards

Kathi Mitchell's Links

http://www.kathimitchell.com/rainfor.html

Kentucky Elementary School - Page for Rainforest - General Information, Animals, Plants, Activities

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/rainfor/default.htm

Unit Resource Books on Hand:

Endangered Rain ForestsCarson-Dellosa1993

A Unit About Tropical RainforestsEvan-Moor1993

Thematic Book Reports for ScienceRainforest as a topic

Teacher's Helper Magazine  Gr. 2-3  September/October 1994

Wish list

MP4794  Life in the Rainforest Grades 2-3  Milkein Publishers  $8.99

CTP2473  Rain Forest Adventures Grade K-1  $11.99

Videos/DVDs

DK Publishing:  Henry's Amazing Animals:  Rainforest Animals  1998  VHS

The Magic School Bus in the Rainforest  VHS

Ferngully,  the Last Rainforest

Really Wild Animals: Totally Tropical Rain Forest

Take a totally tropical trip to the rain forest with Spin, National Geographic's animated globe-on-the-go! Explore the life-filled rain forest, where there's a greater variety of plants and animals than anywhere else on the earth. In Central and South America, kids will meet spotted jaguars, colorful poison-arrow frogs, slow-moving sloths, and loud-mouthed howler monkeys all captured by the world's finest filmmakers. Exciting music videos celebrate the wonderfully weird creatures from the shady forest floor to the sunny treetop canopy. Approximately 40 minutes. For ages 4 to 10. © 1994 

Available as both VHS and in a DVD package

Rainforest

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Old Memories of Whole School Project - Built a Rainforest on the Stage

circa 1994

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