• Overview ~ What is a rainforest??
• Movies - 6 vignettes on the rainforest movies
  Borneo Rainforest ~ Sights and sounds of forest at night, find hidden animals
• What is a Rainforest? ~ Clip, activities, login required: BrainPop Jr.
  
• Rainforest Habitats - Animals and plants: movie, United Streaming
• Video ~ Costa Rica, Brazil, Amazon and more; slow load, small screen but good visual
• Facts and More
  About rainforests
• How rainy is the rainforest ~ compare to your State
• Animals of the rainforest ~ select each animal for more information
  
• Sights and Sounds ~ Amazon forest
• Activity: Create eCards ~ from the Nature Conservancy
  

Info

Forest Layers ~
- Version 1 ~ Clickable layers
- Version 2 ~reading required, includes audio and pictures of each level
- Version 3 ~ visual, reading required
- Version 4 ~reading required, table format
- Version 5 ~ visual, reading required
Where are the forests ~interactive World Map, reading required
Animals of the rainforest ~mixed, Enchanted Learning
Amazon River Cam ~from San Diego Zoo

Games ~ For when your work is done, and you want to have fun
Remember the rainforest ~ concentration
Armadillo Alley ~ bowling
Geo Games ~ various activities

Direct links for Rainforest Animals - Armadillo, Blue headed parrot, Chameleon, Coral snake, Beetles, Emerald tree boa, Gecko, Giant centipede, Harpy Eagle, Hercules beetle, Howler monkey, Humming bird, Jaguar, Leaf cutter ant, Macaw, Ocelot, Opossum, Porcupine, Red eye tree frog, Silky ant eater, Swallow bill butterfly, Sloth, Tree kangaroo, Tree porcupine, Wooly monkey

Various Support Materials ~ Printables
Animal coloring pages, 1,
Animal coloring pages, 2

Tools ~ Link to Search Engines, CRS Library, sound effects for projects
Multimedia ~ United Streaming Clips

Animals
Armadillo	Rainforest Alliance National Geographic Animal Diversity	Armadillo Online Texas State Print out and facts
Capybara	National Zoo Bristol Zoo Animal Diversity pictures	Print out Capybara Page
Chameleon	Animal Diversity Library Thinkquest	Encyclopedia.com Chameleon Photos Print and Color
Coral Snake	Amersol Nature Malaysia	Encyclopedia.com
Beetles of the rainforests	Stag Beetle, Australia If you find good reference sites, let me know. Not much out there	Picture, Rhinoceros Beetle Picture, Dung Beetle Discovery, Dung Beetle Movie
Hercules Beetle	Smithsonian Bristol Zoo	Discovery Video
Emerald Tree Boa	Oregon Zoo Animal Diversity Web	Oakland Zoo Coloring Page
Gecko	Animal Diversity	National Geographic
Giant Centipede Giant Millipede	Saint Louis Zoo Pioneer Middle School Virtual Zoo	Garden City Zoo Living Rainforest
Capuchin (or Sapajou) Monkey	Animal Diversity BBC Science Britannica	Dictionary
Harpy Eagle	Guyana Zoo Harper Eagle Explorer	Animal Diversity - Pictures Amersol Edu Sound
Howler Monkey	Rainforest Alliance National Geographic	Smithsonian Facts
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Cornell Hummingbirds.net	National Geographic
Jaguar	Rainforest Alliance Facts	Facts Wild Ones, includes sound clip
Leaf Cutter Ant	National Geographic Movie Smithsonian	Wilderness Classroom Living Rainforest
Lemur	National Geographic Nat'l Geo Kids Zone	Wild Zone Madagascar
Parrots and Macaws	Rainforest Alliance National Geographic Animal Diversity	Wilderness Classroom Case study Facts
Ocelot
Opossum	America Zoo Kids Zoo
Porcupine, tree	Kidsworld	Smithsonian
Red Eye Tree Frog	Facts National Geographic	Kids National Geo, includes video Facts
Silky Ant Eater	Video, How Things Work	Animal Diversity
Morpho Butterfly	Rainforest Alliance
Sloth	Facts	Enchanted Learning Coloring page
Tree Kangaroo
Toucan	National Geographic Rainforest	Belize Zoo Print out
Tree Porcupine
Wild Pigs	Animals of forest floor and hogs San Diego Zoo
Wooly Monkey
Tools & Resources
Search Tools	Research Page, search tools http://www.marcopolo-education.org http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY	Search tools which are relatively 'safe', Verizon and Marco Polo free resources
Library	Link to CR Library
Get Involved	Rainforest Week	Month of October
Adobe Reader		For a free download, link here and select appropriate version

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