61. Rainforest Live: KIDZ Info on animals, people, plants, soils, climate and tropical forests generally. http://www.rainforestlive.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=189

62. Tropical Rainforest The tropical rainforest is earth s most complex biome in terms of both structure and species diversity. It occurs under optimal growing conditions abundant http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/rainforest/rainfrst.html

Tropical Broadleaf Evergreen Forest: The Rainforest Introduction. The tropical rainforest is earth's most complex biome in terms of both structure and species diversity. It occurs under optimal growing conditions: abundant precipitation and year round warmth. There is no annual rhythm to the forest; rather each species has evolved its own flowering and fruiting seasons. Sunlight is a major limiting factor. A variety of strategies have been successful in the struggle to reach light or to adapt to the low intensity of light beneath the canopy. Climate: Vegetation: A vertical stratification of three layer of trees is apparent.. These layers have been identified as A, B, and C layers: A layer: the emergents. Widely spaced trees 100 to 120 feet tall and with umbrella-shaped canopies extend above the general canopy of the forest. Since they must contend with drying winds, they tend to have small leaves and some species are deci duous during the brief dry season. B layer: a closed canopy of 80 foot trees. Light is readily available at the top of this layer, but greatly reduced below it. C layer: a closed canopy of 60 foot trees. There is little air movement in this zone and consequently humidity is constantly high.

63. Untitled Document Rain forests are filled with plants of different heights. As the sunlight is filtered through the leaves, sometimes the air looks almost green! http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest

Home Science Notes Web Links Biomes ... Science Notes Rain Forests Rain forests receive over 60 inches of rain a year. That is five feet of water! These forests are found next to oceans, where evaporation fills the air with water vapor. As the ocean air sweeps over the land, the moisture comes down as rain. Rain forests are filled with plants of different heights. As the sunlight is filtered through the leaves, sometimes the air looks almost green! There are two kinds of rain forests: tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are found near the equator. They have very rich ecosystems, with many kinds of plants and animals living together. Temperate rainforests are cooler, and have fewer species living in them. They provide ideal conditions for conifers, mosses, ferns, and fungi. Tropical Rain Forests Temperate Rain Forests Tropical Rain Forest Food Web Temperate Rain Forest Food Web ... Temperate Rain Forest Food Pyramid Photograph from ArtToday eviau@earthlink.net

64. Rain Forests--Plants/Human Body/Geography Lesson Plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySch Students learn that scientists are conducting experiments to verify the powers attached to herbs and other plants by native peoples. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/spiritsoftherainforest

Educator Login Passcode Login Products School Resources ... Young Scientist Challenge Enter Username Access resources you have created under your login. Teacher Tools such as: Lesson Plan Creator, Quiz Builder, and Worksheet Generator are no longer available. You can create new lesson plans and quizzes within your DE streaming account. If you don't have an account, sign up for a demo here. 6-8 > Plants Grade level: 9-12 Subject: Plants Duration: Two class periods Objectives Materials Procedures Adaptations ... Credit Objectives Find a video description, video clip, and discussion questions. Spirits of the Rainforest Students will understand the following: Scientists are conducting experiments to verify the powers attached to herbs and other plants by native peoples. A reader must evaluate the accuracy and biases of all so-called scientific studies, especially those reported only on the Web. Materials For this lesson, you will need: Access to the Internet Procedures Discuss with students how they would go about using the Internet to find material about new or potential uses of plants as medicines. Where would they begin? By going straight to Web sites hosted by pharmaceutical companies? By doing keyword searches? You may have students proceed to follow their own instincts to locate sites and articles. Or to save time and focus students on the same sources, you may want to refer groups of students to the following three sites screened for this project:

65. Children's Tropical Forests (U.K.) Children s Tropical Forests (U.K.) is a U.K. registered charity (No.1011896) and is a member of the International Children s Rainforest Network (Patron http://www.tropical-forests.com/

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66. Rainforest Canopy - Introduction Overview, history of access methods, photographs, trees, ephiphytes, vines and lianas, and animals. http://www.mongabay.com/0401.htm

TROPICAL RAINFORESTS This section has been updated here Home What's New About ... Contact The Canopy THE CANOPY The overstory is characterized by scattered emergent trees that tower above the rest of the canopy, the tops of some species exceeding 210 feet (65 m). Below the overstory trees, the canopy stretches for vast distances, seemingly unbroken when observed from an airplane above. However, despite overlapping tree branches, canopy trees rarely interlock or even touch. Instead they are separated from one another by a few feet. Why the branches of these trees do not touch is still a mystery, but it is thought that it might serve as protection from infestations from tree-eating caterpillars and tree diseases like leaf blight. To survive, canopy dwellers must have the ability to negotiate these gaps by climbing, leaping, gliding, or flying. Previous Canopy Index Overstory Epiphytes Leaf-Eating Mammals Bats ... contact [an error occurred while processing this directive]

67. Rain Forest Activity Rainforest Makeover (elementary), Great ideas for creative ways to augment your rain forest lessons and stimulate student interest! http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/science/habitats_biomes/rain_forest/

Member Log In Worksheets abctools Membership Popular: Month to Month Holidays Handwriting Teaching Extras ... Portfolios a b c teach directory Home Subjects Science Habitats/Biomes Rain Forest Rain Forest Item Description Crossword: Afternoon on the Amazon Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 6th Magic Tree House book (this crossword can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site. Unscramble the Words: Afternoon on the Amazon Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 6th Magic Tree House book (this word scramble can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site. Word Search: Afternoon on the Amazon Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 6th Magic Tree House book (this word scramble can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site. Activity: Rainforest Makeover (elementary) Great ideas for creative ways to augment your rain forest lessons and stimulate student interest! Alliteration: Rain Forest Tongue Twisters (elementary) "Many monkeys make mud-pies many Monday mornings!" Alliteration practice with a rain forest theme.

68. Rainforest The Rain Forest Thinkquest Jr. find out about many of the animals, plants, and humans who make the Rainforest their home http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/rainfor/default.htm

Rainforests General Information Rainforest Activities Rainforest Animals Rainforest Links ... Rainforest Webquests General Information All about Rainforests from Enchanted Learning great rainforest info The Amazing Amazon Thinkquest Jr. topics of people, the river, plants, animals, and more Amazon Interactive geography of Amazon The Amazon: World's Largest Rainforest The Digital Field Trip to the Rainforest photo tour of rainforest Explore the Rainfores t plants and animals from the rainforest Exploring the Vast Amazon Thinkquest Jr.information about the plants and various animals of the Amazon HowStuffWorks " How Rainforests work" information Into the Depths of the Amazon Thinkquest experience the diversity of life in one of the last wilderness regions on earth Introduction to Rainforests tropical, temperate, food web and pyramid Journey into Amazonia PBS companion website covers flora and fauna, the canopy, and waterways of the Amazon rainforest. Also discusses the complexities of 'saving' the rainforest. Includes teaching resources. Kids Explorer Adventures in the Rainforest sounds, video, answers, stories, coloring, mazes and more...

69. Tropical Rainforest - Science Museum Of Minnesota Tropical Rainforest Cluster includes activities, information, and images from Tropical Rainforest. Cluster of rainforest images (37k) http://www.thinkingfountain.org/nav/tropicalcluster.html

Tropical Rainforest Cluster Banana-Pusher Equator Fungus Strata Tropical Rainforest Cluster includes activities, information, and images from the Science Museum of Minnesota's Tropical Rainforest Find other clusters Make your own Gathered by topic Connected together Index of ideas Try something new Science Learning Network

70. Oxfam's Cool Planet - On The Line - Tropical Rain Forests See some of the animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests. Find out why they re in danger, and learn what people are doing to http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/trfindex.htm

Search Other Oxfam sites Cool Planet for Teacher Oxfam GB Make Trade Fair This feature on rain forests was transferred to the Cool Planet website from On the Line. Much of the information here relates to the time when the millennium dawned. Of all the many and varied natural environments to be found on the earth, perhaps the most awe-inspiring and popular are the tropical rain forests. Although it is the forests of the Amazon which spring most readily to mind, it is important to remember that they also occur in parts of North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa, for the most part within a narrow band 4 degrees either side of the equator. These forests, with their mighty trees and extraordinary flora and fauna constitute the planet's richest habitats, and one of our most precious natural resources. In this section we look at some of the fascinating animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests along the meridian line, and we consider some of the conservation issues affecting these biological treasure houses. But before we do this, let's first get an idea of what a tropical rain forest actually is.

71. Bagheera: An Endangered Species And Endangered Animal Online Education Resource Tropical rain forests once blanketed the Earth like a wide green belt around the equator. Now they re disappearing at a rate of 93000 square miles per year. http://bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_sprain.htm

HOME IN THE WILD IN THE CLASS RESOURCES ... CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT ON: TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS Humans already have destroyed half of this forest area, with most damage occurring in the last 200 years. With just 2.5 million square miles (647 million hectares) of tropical rain forest remaining, we continue to lose an estimated 93,000 square miles (150,000 square km) a year. It is not only quantity of life, but diversity as well, that makes rain forests so vital. Some of the strangest and most beautiful plants and animals are found in rain forests, and undoubtedly there are just as many we do not even know about. Rain forests are being eliminated for timber, minerals, agriculture, and human settlement. Other motives, such as the desire to conquer nature or to control unoccupied territory, also are factors in deforestation. Overpopulation and peasant agriculture is often cited as the cause of deforestation. This may be true of some African and Asian countries, but generally countries with the most tropical rain forest are those with the lowest human population densities. It is not population pressure but the inequitable distribution of land ownership that creates the most pressure on tropical forests. In many developing countries the government and a very small percentage of people own the majority of the land. Logging, mining, and other industrial activities are not driven primarily by local population pressures. Industrial development and settlement often go hand in hand because roads give access to cleared land. Most attempts to turn tropical forest into farmland have failed, resulting in damaged soil and disrupted water systems, leaving settlers even more desperate for land.

72. Coral Reefs Vanishing Faster Than Rain Forests Aug 7, 2007 Coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans have been disappearing much faster and for a longer time than previously thought, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070807-coral-loss.html

National Geographic News, Reporting Your World Daily Thursday, May 29, 2008 MAIN ANIMAL NEWS ANCIENT WORLD ENVIRONMENT NEWS ... VIDEO Coral Reefs Vanishing Faster Than Rain Forests Helen Scales for National Geographic News August 7, 2007 Coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are dying off much quicker than previously thought, a new study shows. Enlarge Photo Printer Friendly Email to a Friend SHARE Digg StumbleUpon Reddit RELATED Coral Reef Color in National Geographic Magazine (May 2005) Soft Corals "Melting" Due to Warming Seas, Expert Says (July 13, 2007) ... Hurricanes Heal Reefs in Surprising Cases (July 2, 2007) "Twenty or 30 years ago reefs with a high cover of coral were fairly common," said study co-author Elizabeth Selig, a marine ecologist from the University of North Carolina. "Today there are comparatively few reefs in the Indo-Pacific that we would traditionally think of as being pristine." The study is the first to conduct a regional, long-term assessment of coral reef health in the Indo-Pacific region, which is home to 75 percent of the world's coral reefs and the greatest diversity of coral and fish. ( See coral reef photos Researchers compiled more than 6,000 underwater surveys, which were conducted between 1968 and 2004, in ten subregions of the Indo-Pacific. These included Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef. (See a

73. Rain Forests And Planet Ecology Focus Through the use of literature and related activities, students will expand their knowledge of rain forests and planet ecology. http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Rainfor.htm

74. Rainforest: About A tropical rainforest has more kinds of trees and other plant life than any other area of the world. Most trees in the tropical rainforest are broad leaf http://www.ladatco.com/rf-abt.htm

LADATCO TOURS HOME South America Central America Falkland Islands ... e-mail ABOUT RAINFORESTS Rainforest Basics Rainforest Experiences What is a Rainforest? Is there a difference between a rainforest and a jungle? ... Amazon Quick Facts WHAT IS A RAINFOREST? From "The Neotropical Companion" by John Kricher: A rainforest is essentially a non-seasonal forest, where rainfall is both abundant and constant. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JUNGLE AND A RAINFOREST? From "The Neotropical Companion" by John Kricher: When a rainforest is disturbed, such as by hurricane, lightning strikes or human activity, the disturbed area is opened, permitting the penetration of large amounts of light. Fast growing plan species intolerant of shade are temporarily favored and a tangle of thin-boled trees, shrubs and vines result. Like a huge, dense pile carpet, a mass of greenery, or "jungle", soon covers the gap created by the disturbance. Another explanation: A tropical rainforest has more kinds of trees and other plant life than any other area of the world. Most trees in the tropical rainforest are broad leaf trees that grow closely together. The tallest trees may grow as tall as 200 feet. The tops, called crowns, form a covering of leaves about 100-150 feet above the ground. This cover is called the upper canopy. The crowns of the smaller trees form one or two lower canopies. These canopies share the forest floor so that it receives less than one percent as much sunlight as does the upper canopy. As a result, only ferns and other plants requiring little sunlight grown on the forest floor. This makes it possible for a person to easily walk through most parts of a tropical rainforest.

75. Rainforest Conservation In Action With The World Land Trust, International Wildl Rainforest Conservation with the World Land Trust a wildlife conservation charity with a 16 year track record of successful rainforest projects . http://www.worldlandtrust.org/

Skip navigation and go to content accessibility Saving threatened habitats worldwide Projects Resources News About the WLT ... Support the WLT You are here: World Land Trust Quick Links Visit our U.S. partner site World Land Trust-US Information for: Where we work: Help save Jaguars and other wildlife Contact the WLT World Land Trust Blyth House Bridge Street Halesworth Suffolk United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1986 874422 The World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation organisation that takes direct action to save rainforest How YOU can help save wildlife habitats: Support conservation projects Frequently Asked Questions Support restoration ecology projects Support our efforts to restore forests: offset carbon emissions at CarbonBalanced.org Frequently Asked Questions var so = new SWFObject("flash/wlt-images_two.swf", "mymovie", "115", "91", "6", "#DBF3CF"); so.write("projects-flash"); Saved! 350,000 acres of wildlife habitats To date WLT supporters have helped save over 350,000 acres

76. Threat To Rain Forests Isn't Easing Feb 29, 2008 Yet rain forests are still being destroyed despite decades of work to prevent deforestation. The economic pressures are great a desire to http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/28/BAOHV0EJR.DTL

77. DPIW - Cool Temperate Rainforest Tasmania is Australia s stronghold for cool temperate rainforest. Discover its beauty. http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-54744C?open

78. T Rainforest Links Lessons And Projects Rainforest Biome Many sections here to learn about the rainforest. Follow these links to fun activities about the rainforest. Rainforest fun and games http://www.arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/rainfor.htm

Arthur Elementary School, Arthur, Illinois 61911 A Great Place to Learn VISIT THE RAINFOREST Visit rainforests Rainforest Facts Teacher Section Plants and animals Do fun activities See our projects VISIT THE RAINFOREST Follow these links to visit the rain forest. Virtual Tour of the Rainforest 20 slide show Virtual Tour of the Rainforest Easy Reading A Journey Through the Rainforest Journal entries of a visit to the rainforest Costa Rican Rain Forest Gallery Many good photos and some information on 18 or so animals and insects. Rainforest Sounds Tour the Rainforest Visit the Rainforest Requires several Real Audio plugins Visit the Rainforest A Thinkquest project TOP LEARN ABOUT THE RAINFOREST Follow these links to learn about the rain forest. Pictures of the Rainforest Zoom Rainforest Rainforest Report Help Zoom Rainforest Information, printouts, and more Rain Forest Stories Read stories about the rainforest. Rainforest Biome Many sections here to learn about the rainforest. Heart of the Rainforest A Thinkquest Project Rainforest Theme Sites Passport to Knowledge the Rainforest Rainforest Live Rain Forest Aerial Tram A commercial site but it has photos of an interesting way to observe the rainforest Learn about the Rainforest TOP LEARN ABOUT RAIN FOREST ANIMALS AND PLANTS Learn about the animals and plants of the rainforest Amazing Rainforest Animals Rainforest Plants Mammals of the Rainforest Photos only Rainforest Animals A-E Rainforest Insects Rainforest Animals Everything from the bearded pig to the xenosaurus.

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