Rainforests

Caltech

Landforms: K-12 TLC Guide Rivers: K-12 TLC Guide Water: K-12 TLC Guide Wetlands: K-12 TLC Guide

Deforestation: K-12 TLC Guide Earth & Environmental Science: K-12 TLC Guide Global Warming: K-12 TLC Guide Habitat Fragmentation: K-12 TLC Guide Problem Solving: K-12 TLC Guide Weather and Meteorology: K-12 TLC Guide

Animals: K-12 TLC Guide Biodiversity: K-12 TLC Guide Botany: K-12 TLC Guide Trees: K-12 TLC Guide

Animals, Plants

Africa, Australia, Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, The Pacific Northwest

Rainforests	America's Rainforests, Prince William Network. Bagheera. California Institute of Technology: Layers of a Rainforest. People of the Rainforest. Preserving the Rainforest. Where are the Rainforests. How Rainforests Work, How Stuff Works. Merriam-Webster. Monga Bay: Canopy. Deforestation. Forest Floor. Global Importance. Rainforest Biodiversity. Rainforests of the World. Rainforest People. Rainforest Waters. Structure and Character. The Nature Conservancy. NatureWorks, New Hampshire Public Television. Passport to the Rainforest, Passport to Knowledge. Rainforest Action Network. The Rainforest Biome, University of Richmond: Climate. Interesting Facts. Rainforest Factsheet, Young People's Trust for the Environment. The Rainforest Foundation. Rainforest Information Centre. Saving the Rainforests: Purchasing Wood Products, Michigan State University. Science Update (audio: 1:25), American Association for the Advancement of Science: Opening the Way for Forest Viruses: 11/14/00. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Stay Afloat (Hangman) Word Game, FunBrain.com. Tropical Forests, SeaWorld. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, NASA. Zoom Rainforests, Enchanted Learning Software.
Rainforests Animals of the Rainforest	Animals: K-12 TLC Guide. Birds: K-12 TLC Guide. Endangered Animals: K-12 TLC Guide. Fish and Marine Life: K-12 TLC Guide. Insects: K-12 TLC Guide. Mammals: K-12 TLC Guide. Primates: K-12 TLC Guide. K-12 TLC Guides: African Forest Elephant. Agouti. Antbird. Ants of the Rainforest. Bats of the Rainforest. Bengal Tigers. Bush Dog. Caimans. Capuchin Monkey. Chimpanzee. Common Palm Civet. Emerald Tree Boa. Fig Wasp. Golden Lion Tamarin. Harpy Eagle. Howler Monkey. Indian Python. Jaguar. Jambu Fruit Dove. Kinkajou. King Cobra. Macaw. Malayan Sun Bear. Orangutans. Piranha. Poison-Arrow and Other Rainforest Frogs. Proboscis Monkey. Red Shanked Douc Langur. Silvery Gibbon. Slender Loris. Sloths. Spider Monkey. Squirrel Monkey. Tamandua. Toucan. Tree Pangolin. Wagler's Pit Viper. California Institute of Technology: Animals of the Rainforest. Clearcutting Canada's Rainforest, David Suzuki Foundation: Salmon Streams Under Threat. Species at Risk. Creepy Creatures of the Rainforest, Thinkquest. Illinois State University. Missouri Botanical Garden. Monga Bay: Why do Rainforests Have so Many Different Kinds of Plants and Animals? New Fox Species Discovered in Jungle of Borneo. Rainforest Animals, Arlington Heights School District 25, IL. Rainforest Australia: Rainforest Bats. Rainforest Birds. Rainforest Butterflies and Moths. Rainforest Frogs. Rainforest Insects. Rainforest Nocturnal Animals. Rainforest Possums. Rainforest Reptiles. The Rainforest Biome, University of Richmond: Animals. Science Museum of Minnesota.
Rainforests Plants of the Rainforest	Botany: K-12 TLC Guide. Trees: K-12 TLC Guide. K-12 TLC Guides: Bengal Bamboo. Bougainvillea. Brazil Nut Tree. Cecropia Tree. Cocoa Tree. Corpse Lily. Curare. Durian. Fig Tree. Forest Cucumber. Gongora Orchid. Heliconia. Jambu. Kapok Tree. Liana and Other Vines. Mahogany. Mangrove Forests. Parkia. Strangler Fig. Tank Bromeliad. Tualang. California Institute of Technology: Plants of the Rainforest. Edible Rainforest Plants, Smithsonian Institution. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. Illinois State University. Kennesaw State University. Missouri Botanical Garden. Rainforest Australia: Rainforest Ferns. Rainforest Fungi. Rainforest Plants. Rainforest Trees. The Rainforest Biome, University of Richmond: Plants. Wheeling Jesuit University.
Rainforests Rainforests of Africa	Africa: K-12 TLC Guide. Africa: Explore the Regions, PBS: The People. Eco Info. Series Profile. African Rainforest Conservancy. National Geographic News. Oregon Zoo. Rainforest, Arlington Heights School District 25, IL.
Rainforests Rainforests of Australia	Australia: K-12 TLC Guide. Rainforest Australia: Rainforest Canopy. Rainforest Crater Lakes. Rainforest Floor. Rainforest Understorey. Rainforest Waterfalls. Wet Tropics Management Authority. World Heritage Information Network.
Rainforests Rainforests of Central America	Central/Latin America: K-12 TLC Guide. America's Rainforests, Prince William Network. EcoFuture. El Yunque Rainforest, Puerto Rico Travel. Maya Biosphere Reserve, Wheeling Jesuit University.
Rainforests Rainforests of South America	South America: K-12 TLC Guide. Amazon Interactive. BBC. Greenpeace. Journey to Amazonia, PBS: The Big Top. Life on Land. Powerful Plants. Sacred Ground. Waterworlds. Living Edens: Manu, Peru's Hidden Rainforest, PBS: Conservation. Flora and Fauna. History of Manu. People of Manu. Trivia Challenge. NASA. National Geographic News. National Public Radio (audio): Amazon Deforestation: 01/18/01 (7:00). Amazon Droughts. Amazon Roads: 01/18/01 (1:00). Manu Nature Reserve - Peru (Part I): 1/24/00 (8:40). Manu Nature Reserve - Peru (Part II): 1/25/00 (8:45). The Rainforests of Borneo: 12/10/99 (3:30). People & Planet. Peru's Trans-Oceanic Highway: K-12 TLC Guide. Thinkquest: Amazing Amazon. The Amazon Rainforest. Amazonia. Exploring the Vast Amazon. Into the Depths of the Amazon. The Jungle in the Middle of the World.
Rainforests Rainforests of Southeast Asia	Community Forestry International. Monga Bay. National Public Radio (audio): The Rainforests of Borneo: 12/10/99 (3:30). Rainforest at Night, National Geographic. World Wildlife Foundation.
Rainforests Temperate Rainforests of the Pacific Northwest	America's Rainforests, Prince William Network: Chugach National Forest. Olympic National Forest. Tongass National Forest. Clearcutting Canada's Rainforest, David Suzuki Foundation: Old Growth Threatened. Clearcutting Continues. GORP. Olympic National Park, National Park Service: Temperate Rainforest. Temperate Rainforest, Wheeling Jesuit University: Diversity: Ecosystem Diversity. Geography. Natural Resource Management. Thinkquest. Washington State University.
Rainforests	Primary: *Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest, Lynne Cherry: Amazon.com. Review, Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site. Shaman's Apprentice: Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest, Lynne Cherry, Mark J. Plotkin: Amazon.com*.
Rainforests	Early Elementary: African Rainforests, TeacherLINK. Hide and Seek in the Rainforest, Colleen Muldoon, University of Virginia. Grade 1: Amazon Rainforest, Kearen Fleming, Annie McClendon, Yasso Yasso, Amy Bjork, Rachel Eriksen, Wayne State University. Grades 11-12: Environmental Science Research, Tina Roe, Whiteoak Jr./Sr. High School, Bright Local Schools, OH. Other: America's Rainforests, Prince William Network. Monga Bay: Rainforest Handout. Rainforest Scavenger Hunt. What is Agriculture? What is Deforestation? What is Logging? Mr. Donn's: Rainforests. Rainforest Heroes. Rainforests: Temperate and Tropical, Guilford County Schools, NC. Scholastic. Under the Umbrella of the Tropical Rainforest, Bryn Mawr College.

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This guide last edited 02/05/2011
This guide last revised 06/12/2010
This guide created 02/21/2006 on request from Julie Fick, Pleasant Valley Elementary School, IA