Rainforests
(upper elementary)
An
Amazon Adventure
A great site on the Amazon that includes a look at the river, some of the plants
and animals that live near the basin, and the Rain
Forest. There are numerous images and you have a choice of taking several
online Virtual Tours.
http://jajhs.kana.k12.wv.us/amazon/
BrainPOP
- Rainforests
Check out this website and learn about the rainforests. It has a movie where two
fictitious characters will explain all kinds of interesting facts about the
rainforests, then take the quiz and see how much you remember! There's other
cool things on the site so look around.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/rainforest/index.weml
The
Guardians.com
This is a great site for students studying the rainforests, space, and
microbiology. 'Is there life elsewhere in the solar system?' You can find out
here! Parts of it are very graphic intensive, but you can download the needed
plugins if you don't have them. In addition to their presentations on all of the
topics, there are also several online games you can play.
http://www.theguardians.com/
Kids'
Corner: Rainforest Action Network
A great site for the younger people to learn about things they can do to protect
the rainforests. It contains a Q & A, an art gallery by kids, and
information about the rainforest inhabitants, both human and animals.
http://www.ran.org/kids_action/index.html
Let's
Go Around the World
A great learning adventure from the Amazon rainforest. It shows people, plants
and animals that live there as well as a section for teachers with tips on
classroom use. Wonderful photos and fun activities.
http://www.ccph.com/
Myst@Rain
Forests
This is a wonderful website. It's got images galore of plants and animals that
reside in the different rainforests and a FAQ on why they are so important. It
also explains the different kinds of rainforests there are.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1009/main.htm
Rain
Forest Report Card
If you are studying rainforests, this is a great resource for facts,
deforestation (includes movies), case studies, and you can take an Online
Rainforest Virtual Tour in Central America by clicking on the different
images you will see on the screen when you move your mouse around.
http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/rfrc/home.html
Tropical
Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure
A wonderful teacher's manual program that can be downloaded for classroom use on
tropical rainforests. Quite a bit of the material is for classroom use but
students can still learn some general facts about them.
http://www.si.edu/sites/educate/troprain/start.htm
Virtual
Rainforest
This is a class project by sixth grade students on the animals, plants, climate
and people of the rainforest. Including images and drawings along with the text,
it is a nice presentation.
http://www.shs.org/rainforest/rainforest.html
Jeffrey
Branzburg
Supervisor of Instructional Technology
Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence, NY
jbranzburg@lawrence.k12.ny.us
